Sol. 2 No. 2.
[NEWARK, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY JANUARY 10, 1902.
One Dollar Per Annum.
a! FELLOW feeling.
|le Rock Man TelLs of 5ome of
the "Joys” of the News
paper flan.
laving ‘"done time" on a news
paper I can appreciate how mis
takes occur, and having a fellow
feeling for the pencil pushers, 1
desire to go on record as saying
that they get more undeserved
cussi ugs to the square inch than
anybody. As my wheels go buz
zing round the idea occurs to me
of the home newspaper man and
how he is unappreciated. Jf lie
does or if he doesn’t he is cussed.
When a red faced youngster > nines
bawling into the world he writes
the "twelve pounder" up with a
groat flourish, most tiir.es in good
English and how happy the un
happy father, by reason of being
frightened to de..th, >s. When
the sixth birthday arrives and the
iittle one gives a party, he writes
it up in a lurid and extravagant
style. When the now developed
youth graduates the same paper
is expected to, and does, present
a fine story of the eloquent, and
brilliant valedictory delivered by
the precocious youth and pre
dicts a blight future for the son
or daughter of “our folk w towns
man.’1 \\ lien plain i ill Jones’
u iLghter makes tier formal bow
l io Uchul parly is written up in
l/ie hugest words Webster has in
s'oek, with a tew French phrases
thrown in. il.s language cannot
be tvu ex.tavjgaui in describing
Hie ilewuui ui Eilusia Uovviiiig
Junes, the in; ;Ul ii ul, accomplished
and tiighiv cultured daughter of
( ul. amt nis, William Wellington
Jones (in-e plain l>iii.) ’1 he re
t'eshnn nts were expensive and
novel, consisting of canary birds
and “frozen” icicles, with a
French name. W hen the charm
ing daughter or handsome youth
man v, the newspaper m in is ( \
peeled to, and dues ditto, puff the
bridegroom and each and every
member of the wedding party.
When Hill dies the nevvspapci
man writes an obituary notice a
yard long, enumerating all the
viitues Hill posessed, oftentimes
being teekless with the truth, and
ommittiug to say anything about
the virtues Bill did not posi s>.
During Bill’s lifetime it was the
newspaper min’s “duty” and
plcasuie to make of Hill’s guests
generals and colonels out of pri
vates; prominent citizens out of
unknown citizens ; beautiful girls
out of—but no all girls are bt.uiti
ful ; some may be mote so than
others.
It Bill had a hobby to ride hi*
did it by using the. newspaper
man and a Latin uome de plume
that he did not 'understand, lie
lambasted the water company,
roasted the street car company
the saloon men, etc., undei
cover, owing to the kindness of
the newspaper man. These are
a few of the favors dispensed
■*e newspaper man.
rrou*,..
luestsdi8 h‘w reWdrd,? 11 ls hi<
deasure to listen to the
‘fj* J • Smith hand out
Jled his s.
then vr'll,;e tins : “Our home
Ited sni dead uii. It has no
irs (J*‘‘ ^ don't publish the
H/pke other papers, lis a
Itq) ’' rag" anyway. Winn 1
[tSthe news I buy" the New
[i Journal or Chieago Keeord.
\Bsa ys buy.-tt-'fdveig+t paper
11 want lyjiajlbr:”
add, “when 1 have
[no i 1 use my horn
fact when I want to
Uv 1 usually use my
[tor the New York
Journal or Chicago Record arc a
too far away for home linage.”
Nor is that all. In addition to
his duty of writing eloquent
speeches that were never made,
the newspaper man i-^ expected
to listen to more hard luck
[stories than a policeman, drink
'more mean whisky and smoke
I more vile cigars than any other
| inhabitant of this terreslial hall.
—E l’lurihus Uiiuiii, in Arkansas
Gazette.
Will Hang February 7.
Van Huren. .Ian. 4, At lO:‘>n this
I morning Kit Helton, the wifi* imir
I derei*. was brought into court for
the purpose of receiving sentence.
[.Judge Evans, after recounting,
the crime, passed the death senteee.
During the talk of the .Judge j
j while the sentence, was being!
I passed, and afterward, no action!
|of Helton's would indicate that lie |
; was in. . sted in what was being;
i said or done. The day of tin* exe
cution was set for February 7.
Counsel for Helton have given the
case up. and failed to make a
motion for a new trial.
Farmer Assassinated
Danville. Jan. 4. W. ,1. l'oteet.
a farmer residing about four miles j
west of Danville on Petit .Jean I
river, was found dead in his bouse
ion Wednesday afternoon with a
bullet hole in his head. The bullet
entered from tin* left temple and
appeared to Ik* a titi-eaiiber. l’oteet
lived alone, having had trouble
I with his w ife. They separated
some live or six months ago. Hi*
| had not been seen sue'' .Saturday,
j December tie til! found dead, lie;
had »>n an overcoat, a slicker, his
usual suit and one shoe was otf. He
appeared to have been sitting by
the lire when he was. it»t. 'Ihe
coroner's jury has been empaneled1
and .s now investigating Ihe’all’air.
but there seems t > be no clew as
, to the a>s.iss n or any cars * fur I he
: murder.
| Fob et was a hard-working
; tanner, but had contracted the
j drink habit and had accumulated
! but little prop rtv ■ 11 is quite a
mystery as to who the assassin can
; lie, as Potent was hims df his worst
[enemy. That it was the work of an
j assassin ^t lie re seems to be no
| question.
Farmers Increasing.
The farin' in the country urn j
increasing in area, which means
more farm homes, more good
| citizens and more safety for the
j country. The increase in the
munlier of farms has been L.l^o.-j
tKM) in t m years. Part of this in- |
creas • has resulted from the s >t- |
tlement of goverment lands, and |
part from the braking up of the
bonanza, farms of the previous I
decade and the encroachment of
the man with the plow on the
holdings of the man with the cow
It is a luippy reflection that all
attempts to monopolize the arable
soils of the country have failed, j
land that the small farmer remains
I the mainsta.v of the republic. \Vc
are glad that the bononza system
has failed, and that the farm
i home has been a sue,-ess. Farm
and Ranch
A Home-Loving Nation.
Somehow m other, the White
i House, sheltering a sweet society
| debutante an i a troop >f health)
and noisy younger Roo>e\elu, i
a might) pleasant lions - to con
template these days I he Presi
j dent's lug and happy fa mil,) i' a
! typical Aiuci icau institution. The
| American people relish the pic
ture presented in the oflieial
home of the Firs* Citizen of the
land Fur, alter all, we're the
I most horn.-I tving great people in
| the world.—Republic.
--
j \\ ood, turnips, pomuo 's or any
j thing we can use. taken on sub
. scrip, ion.
THE SITE SELECTED
Arkansas to have a Command
ing: Site at the Great
World’s Fair.
Arkansas is to have i building
site at the St. Louis Wmid's
Fair 400 x .500 feet, in command
ing |>osit ion, a I ready selected by
I’re-ident.). Whittaker, who
has just returned from that city
bringing with him the shovel
used in breaking, ground in the
exposition grounds. Mr, Whit
taker estimates that it will cfist
$250,000 to erect a proper build-|
mg and as the lust legislature!
appropriated only the measely j
sum of $30,000 we will have to j
provide ways and means to get
the balance. Fifty cents each of
the adult population will lie
sutlic ient to meet all demands.
One tenth of this class will
doubtless never hear of the expo
sition. Another tenth will learn
of the affair, but not give a
nickel, and another tenth may
possibly give a little. The fourth
tenth will have to be reached be
fore an aver tire of fifty can be
realized. The fifth tenth will pay
their way and make up for the
poverty of the fitst tenth, and
the six'll will do the same for the
second, while the remaining four
tenths will be a big nianzin on |
which to realize the amount!
needed. Who is there in t he
state who would not give half a
dollar to see their beloved state j
.-billing out vesplendeiiily in the
unlaxv of tbt Louisiana Purchase j
states, where her re.-ouiee* can
be displayed to advantage, tluo
iuduciutr capital and home seekers ;
to take l heir place with us. - Little
liock Ad \ erl iscr.
No Reason Why.
Advocates of postal saving bank
are compelled to answer the objec
tion that the placing of so much
money into the hands of (lovern
n:ent olheials would he a temjita
tion to defalcation. During <he
past fiscal year of the ntoncy order
department tIn* only loss was Si 74.
this atnouf being paid to a man
who had the same name as the
rightful owner of the order- Con
sidering that this hraneh of the
(lovennnent 's business exceeds a
million dollars a day, it will be |
hard to tind any private business j
with such a clear record. There is
no reason why the Rost Office de
partment could not operate a
postal saving bank with as little
l«>ss. .st. Louis Republic
Cord Comments.
[|5Y ( NO HIT.]
Mis- C. 1* Reeves is mending
fust .
John, tin* sun ot ,!. I' Reeves,
is <|uite siek.
Clark Hall says lie is sure (<»
love a young girl.
The people have been adding
to the siek list the past ween.
Miss Mary Young says j| min
ever marries she want s a Hall ill
her house.
Dr. .). K. Crigler is having an
extensive praetiee. lie is riding
day and night.
C C'. Uruce shook hands with
friends in Cord tndav. I le \va
on his way from Texas,
,\ taekev party will lit* given at
1 he home >f Mi . and Mrs | C.
Nm koiis l'hur-d.n right.
Misses I'.ilen Sturdivant and
Delia l>:o»\ulee, of .Niava k, »\ ei e
vi ii iug friends at ’this place the
past week.
Dr. .J. R. ( Yigler sii s read the
direct tons on King* Nr a Disetiv
cry before meals and it will
strengthen your appetite and
make your voice sink deep into a
glass of jelly. lie likt s jelly aid
I once Would It. Vi gi-tlCIt a b it bio
i failed to read the r.ireeti-ms and
sopped an empty plate.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Items of General Interest Gather
l-rom Four Corners of
Gie Union.
Princes Louise, the eccentric
daughter of King Leopold of Bel
gium is hopelessly insane.
Three t raiunion were killed in
a freight wreck on thli Southern
Railway in Georgia Sunday.
Experiments in the raising of
Egyptian cotton have been suc
cessfully made in Salt, river valley
A rizona.
The Mormons have made 2,000
converts in Geimanv Followers
of the faith are holding a confer
ence in Berlin.
Miss Ruth Hill, daughter of the
railroad magnate, announces her
engagement to A. M. t'ook, a
New York man.
The Boers ambushed a force of
the Scots (iravs last Saturday.
The British easuialities were six
killed and ten wounded,
McKinnon. Hanna’s candidate,
was nominated on the tirst ballot
as the Republican nominee for
Speaker of the Ohio House of
Kepresentatic e.
Allan, the ten-year-old son of
('buries Mallory, a Chicago stock
broker, mvsteriously disappeared
in New York while with his
mother shopping.
In anticipation of increased
traffic and travel during lie
world's fair, Memphis rivermen
have pla e<l orders for several
new passenger steamers.
Hev. C. II. Brent, who was
c> •» sec rat ed Bishop’of the Philip
pines by the Episcopal church,
will issue an appeal for $1(M 1,000
with whieii to perforin bis labors.
Wheat fields in Kansas ,«re said
to be suffering greatly for need
of rain. In some places if is
feaied the damage lias already
been done and moisture would
not save the growing ctops.
In the sttugiilo for control of
the Ohio iegislat in e, between
Hanna and Korafccr, the former
won in the liou-e, electing the
speaker and all other officers.
The Koraker faction won in tin*
sena;e.
Much opposition develops to
the plans of a syndicate to secure
1 lie openin'! of 1 he Uintah Indian
reservation. It is suspected that
the principal reason for the effort
to secure the opening is to search
for a lust gold mine.
Now that sulHeient funds have
been secured, the National Con
federate Keuniou to he held in
Dallas, Tex., in April, is an as
sure'! fact. The official notice
was issued from headquarters in
New Orleans Monday.
Religious circles at College
Mound. Mo., are torn up over the
charge made by members of the
Holiness church that the devil, in
person, was ju-csen at a Chrismas
lroe celebration held in u church by
tin < 'tmiberland Urespyterians.
At Moherlv, Mo., four robbers
wrecked a bank vault, blowing off
Digests what you eat.
This preparation conta.n° all of the
digestants and digests all kinds of
food. It gives instant relief and never
fails to cure, it allows you to eat all
the food you want. The mort sensitive
stomachs can take It. By its use many
thousands of dyspeptics have been
cured after everything else failed. Is
unequalled for the stomach. Child
ren with weak stomachs thrive on it.
First dose relieves. A diet unnecessary.
Csip^ a!! stomach ifoabies
j>rt*pTT*f•<! only by F.. f'. Ijet»\ ’ i"T&Co., < hicago
TUo il. buttle contains-^ times tbeftjc.
j. i. STURDIVANT.
' lour heavy safe doors in order In
reueh the hank's cash. About
$*>,000 was taken. Officers of tlie
hank and others saw the robbers
scooping up the money after the
explosion, but being unarmed
were unable to offer resistance.
*
Col. Dyer, commanding the
I Twentieth Kegiment of the Na
tional Guard of New York, lias
ruled that hereafter no in ire so
ciety men .old niillionaries can
hold commissions in the regi
ment without first serving as
privates and pel forming all the
duties of a common soldier, in
cluding cnokiyg and cleaning
camp.
Hy menial.
Squire Tharp is yetting tn l»e
very popul ir with the matrimoni
ally inclined young people, ami
hardly a Sunday passes that he
isn’t called upon to officiate at
the uniting of t wo of cupid's vic
tims. Following is those for
last Sunday.
TOMLINSON-;* i:\old.
N. E. Tomlinson and Miss
Nora Arnold were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony Sunday
if eimiaa. the happy couple,
seated in a buggy, drove up to
t* e residence of Mrs. Helen Hen
derson, where Squire Tharp had
been called cu a mission of mak
ing other hearts happy, and 1 e
quested that the squire be sent
out. Squire Thaip accordingly
appeared on the scene and was
informed of the desire of the
waiting couple. The necessary
papers weir produced and the!
coupl" pronounced man and wife. I
flic doiirnal joins in congratula
tion- and hopes that their cup of
[connubial bliss may ever Ik* full
’ to overflowing.
FOsTKR-H KN DKUSOX.
L. (i. Foster and .Miss Libliie
Henderson were married Sunday
afternoon at .'1 o'clock at the home
of tin- bride's mother, Squire
Tharp performing tin* eeremony.
I'he groom is a promising young
man and has made many friends
during his two years residence in
tin* community, while the bride
is the chai mir.g and accomplished
daughter of Mrs. Helen Hender
son, who lives a mile north of
town •
The Journal desires to he num
bered among their many friends
m extending congratulations, and
whises them unbounded .happi
ness and prosperity.
TH< >.M IVON-TH< IVON.
Frank Thompson. of Hickory
drove, was married to Miss Mae
Thompson at the residence of
Squire Sain Jones, the squire
officiating. The wedding took
place at 2 o'clock before a large
crowd. Will Bowen, of Hickory
drove, acted as best man, while
Miss Lena Davenport acted as
bridesmaid. Mr. Thompson is
one of Jackson county’s best
young men, while the bride is one
of the most popular young laities
in the1 county. The\ ware both
born and i aised in Jefferson town
ship We wish them much suc
! cess through life and may they be
I handed down to the graves at a
ripe old age.—Newport Herald.
) The Ini.ieis a cousin to Mrs.
<). F. Craig, and the Journal
naturally extends good wishes and
throws rice, old shoes and baby
carriages alter i hem
Acciients in June.
A Fari= .-porting paper keep? up its
statistic? - gned to -how the rarity
of catastrophe^ resulting from uuto
niobiling. It vat' - that during the
month of Jum hi persons were killed
and 77 1 injured by wagon accidents:
IS killed and ‘AS injured by railways;
four killed and lv’4 injured by bi
cycles and only Lx kiii< d and 60 in
jured liy automobiles._
Problem ot Early Penmaking.
With the early penmakers the prob
lem of a point was the most serious,
la long time elapsed before it was
definitely solved
ISSUES AN ADDRESS.
State Manager Thomas VV. Milan
Talks About World’s
Fair Matters.
Thomas \V. Milan, of Hot
Springs, state manager of tho
Arkansas exhibit at the St. Louis
U orld's Fair, has taken charge of
the active work of preparing the
states exhibit, and lias given out
the following address :
lo the Citizens of Arkansas :
In assuming the duties of the
preparatory work of the Arkan
sas exhibit of the World’s Fair I
entertain no fears that the same
can he in ide both ered’table and
profitable to our citizens.
1 di sire to earnestly solicit the
hearty co-operation of all our
citizens, regardless of rank and
station in life, in making tho dis
play one that will demonstrate to
every visitor at the coming expo
sition that we make no vain
boast, that we have within onr
houndry lines resourced that
would enable us to more com
pletely live within ourselves with
large export pos.-dbiliteis than any
other state m the purchase, if not
in the Union.
No section of the Lonisina
purchase is more richly endowed
with building material than Ar
kansas. Therefore, those to
whom this great work has been
intrusted contemplate a building
constructed entirely from Arkan
sas resources, w< rked out at
home by our own Arkansas arti
sans and mechanics.
1 ly following this plan we will
avoid the rush at ftt. Louis, at
the same time give employment
to home labor and, by using the
utmost economy with our limited
means, together with the libeial
assistance of those who have the
material, the Arkansas building
can be made second to none in
point of interest regardless oftho
fact that some of our sister
states are preparing to spend
large sums of money in the erec
tion of theit state buildings*
The exhibit from our several
counties can be comprehensive
besides being historic, fully rep
resent the industrial, social,
financial, commercial, education
al, religious aiuF 'climatic condi
tions, our inestimable wcath of
mineral and forest lands, agricul
tural advantages in its various
branches and our transportation
facilities.
1 roper provision will ho made
for nil perishable products as
well us vigilant caro taken to
protect all those who wish their
exhibits returned.
In reference to the schools, the
incontestable pi ogress which the
cause of popular education is
making in Arkansas is a subject
for hearty congratulation among
our citizens and for devout grati
tude to Heaven. Our public,
private and denominational
schools throwing wide their
doors to live hundred thousand
students — one-third of the
population of the state—are the
tiue mints of wealth, and from
these institutions will come dem
011strations of the indeepensable
ness of education to worldly or
maternal prosperity.
Your generous support of these
institutions, annually amounting
to $1,5130,000, bears strong testi
mony that the citizenship of this
state i- alert to the tact that ail
ignorant people not only is, but
must be a poor people* Our
tidiness of soil and climate, mine
and factory, forest and stream
logically belong to ourselves and
children who must learn to uso
these great lesourees intelligibly,
for let who ever will sow the
seed and reap the harvest, inteli
genco will commune the oaiiquet.
Our schools contain the best of
Arkansas—the children . the boys
and girls—then -.hall we not, with
vour and their assistance, com
bined with th.it of the seven thou
sand loyal teachers make in St.
Lou s in 11)03 such an educational
exhibit as shall reflect credit up
on the state muLHie great cause it
represents? . '.Respectfully,
m \h \y. Mu.an.
erlttnd . csiLy,*i