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The Newark Journal.
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The Men Who are Today Lifting the World Upward and Onward are Those who Encourage More Than Criticise
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, October 3, 1913
Vol. 13, No. 26
IRON MOUNTAIN HAS
PROSPEROUS YEAR
Net Earnings of Road Show a Re
markable Gain Under New
rianagement
The Journal is in receipt of a
statement from the Iron Mountain
Railway’s publicty department at
St. Louis, giving figures from
President Bush’s annual report to
the stockholds of the road, which
shows that the past year has been
one of the most prosperous years
in the history of the Iron Moun
tain road.
The total gross receipts for the
year are nearly $8,000,000.00
above 1912, which was the biggest
year in the history of the com
pany. The total operating reve
nue for the year ^losing with June
30, was $62,155,506.14, compared
with $54,503,249.92 for the year
ending June 30, 1912, an increase
of $7,652,256.22. The total reve
nue from transportation was $61,
671,459 88 against $54,068,092.10
in 1912 an increase for the year
just closed of $7,603,367.78.
Both freight and passenger busi
ness show healthy increases. The
total revenue from the year just
closed was $45,748,269 39, while
for the year ending June 30, 1912,
the revenue was $3,514,355.87, a
gain for the past twelve months
of $6,233,913.52. The year end
ing June 30, 1913, shows a gross
revenue from passenger business
of $11,627,480 60, whereas the in
come from this source for the pre
ceding year was $10,662,443.17, an
increase of $975,067.43
The total operating expenses for
the year ending June 30, were
$44,698,997.05, while for the pre
ceding year they were $41,280,592,
01, an increase for the past year
of $3,418,405.0-4.
The expenditures for mainte
nance of way and structures for
the year just closed were $9,263,
360.32, while for the year ending
June 30, 1912, they were $8,664,
769.03, which indicates an increase
of $598,591 29. For the past year
the expenditures on maintenance
of equipment were $9,860,187.54,
compared with $8,321,786.50 for
the preceding year, an increase of
CAROUTHERS NOT
GUILTY OF MURDER
After Being Out 98 Hours New
port Jury Brings in Verdict
Of Acquittal
Newport, Sept. 29.—After being
out 98 hours, the jury in the case
of Wm. H. Carouthers, marshal of
Newport, brought in a verdict of
not guilty at 7:30 o’clock tonight.
The case was given to the jury at
5:30 o’clock last Thursday night,
and the 12 men had been kept
locked up all this time.
The case was one of the hard
est fought in the criminal annals
of the Jackson County Circuit
court. Marshal Carouthers was in
dieted for first degree murder as a
result of his having shot and kill
ed Noah L. Albright on the night
of June 27 of this year. Marshal
Carouthers contended that he was
forced to shoot Albright to pro
tect his own life. He brought in
evidence to prove that Albright
had made threats against him,
that he was armed and advancing
toward the officer when the latter
fired.
$1,538,401.04. Thus the increase
in expenditures for maintenance
of way and structures and for
equipment for the year just closed
compared with its predecessor
amounts to considerably more
than $2,000,000.
The net railway operating rev
enue foi the year ending June 30,
last was $17,363,504.47, and for
the preceding year it was $13,101,
805.15, an increase of $4,261,699.
32.
The operating revenue per mile
of road shows an increase for the
year of $1,027.22, or 132-3 per
cent.
The railway paid in taxes dur
ing the year the large sum of 82,
314,348.73, whereas the taxes for
the preceding year were 2,218,018.
40, making the increase for the
past year $96,330.33.
For fuel for its locomotives alone
the company paid $4,379,000.59
during the year. The preceding
year the bill for this item amount
ed to $4,186,981 32, making an in
crease for the twelve months just
closed of $192,078.27.
The road’s net income for the
year was $1,562,734.
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We have for sale one of the best bar
gains in White River land ever placed on the
market, consisting of 450 acres of fine cane
land, with 50 acres in cultivation and two
tenant houses on the place. Land has two
miles of river front, with good ferry, and is
only one mile from good little railroad and
mill town on White river. Several thou
sand feet of good .cottonwood timber, large
quantity of merchantable hardwood and
more than 1,000 bearing pecan trees, rang
ing in size from one foot to three feet in
diameter and producing now, with no at
tention, several hundred dollars worth of
pecan annually. There is no better land on
the face of the earth, and it is practically
all susceptible of cultivation. Price $8,000
HENDERSON REAL ESTATE CO
Newark, Arkansas
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THE CAMPAIGN OPENS
W. O. Edmonson of Stone Countj
Annonnces for State Senator
W.O. Edmondson, one of Stone
county’s most prominent and
best known citizens, announces
in today’s paper as a candidate
for State Senator from this dis
trict., which is composed of Inde
pendence and Stone counties.
Mr. Edmondson has been prom
inently identified with the busi
ness and political interests of
Stone county for a number ol
years, and is now serving his sec
ond term as circuit clerk of hk
county.
He is safe, sound and conserva
tive man, and if the people elecl
him to represent them in the up
per branch of the state legisla
ture, he will no doubt look aftei
their interest in a most satisfact
ory manner.
HEALTH HEAD RESIGNS
President State Board Says Fric
tion Among Members
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Little Rock, Sept. 30.—The med
ical fraternity of the state and the
public in general will be surprised
to learn that Dr. Morgan Smith
of this city today forwarded his
resignation to Gov. Hays.
It was principally through Dr
Smith’s efforts that the last Legis
lature passed the act creating the
state board of health and defining
its duties, and in recognition ol
that service Gov. Joe T. Robinson
appointed him president of the
board.
Friction among the members of
the board, it is said, caused the
resignation.
ROAD BUILT IN TWO DAY5
Batesville, Sept. 30.—Cushman
people have just finished the work
for two days on the road between
here and that city, and they madt
more than a mile of veiy goot
road in the two days, working It
men and about 30 teams. The}
built a good bridge and made sev
eral culverts, besides doing dthei
work of improvement. They pro
posed to devote a day each weel
to the good roads work from now
until the bad weather begins, anc
have asked the people of Batesvilh
and Barren Fork to co-operafi
with them.
The Journal for Job Printing.
SIX MONTHS FOR KILLING
Jackson County Man Pleads Guil
ty to Manslaughter
—
Newport, Sept. 27.—After the
state and defense had rested their
cases, Elbert Maberry last night
entered a plea of involuntary
manslaughter for killing Frank
Vance in the Planters hotel here
last November, and he was given
six months in the penitentiary.
The case was taken from the jury
at the night session of the court.
The state then dismissed the
cases against Grover Parrot, W. S.
Thomson and William Ballard, in
dicted on charges of accessories
before the fact.
FARM FOR SALE
Good upland farm of 69 acres,
55 acres in cultivation, 2] miles
north of Newark, in good neigh
borhood, near church, school, R.
F. D. and on rural phone line.
Good four room box house, good
log barn, fine well water, small
orchard and plenty of timber for
home use. All under good fence,
and will be sold at a bargain. For
price inquire at The Journal office
or see owner, A. R. Watts.
boy connirs suicide
Hope, Sept. 30.—Honso Young,
a youth about 13 years of age,
committed suicide at his home
about one mile from Hope this af
ternoon by hanging. His body was
found suspended by a rope in the
barn about 6 o’clock by members
of the family. Mystery surrounds
the tragedy, as no cause can be
ascribed by members of the family
for the deed.
FORTY ODD YEARS AUO
Arbraham Lincoln never said,
"Hello Central,” never dodged
an automobile, never held a strap
in a trolley car, never pushed a
button for light, never heard a
phonograph, never saw an aero
plane, and never saw a moving
picture show, and yet Abraham
Lincoln died only 48 years ago.—
Forrest City Times.
FIRST ARKANSAS RICE
Gillett, Sept. 30.—The first car
. I of rice shipped out of Arkansas
,! county was bought by Fred Obitz
and shipped to New Orleans. The
‘ price paid was 95 cents per bush
* el. Several farmers here had be
gun to thresh when the last rain
"ted. T. H. Siioae s averagt- on o/
acres was 7b bushels per acre.
THE KEEPING UP
OF DIRT ROADS
Important Pointers That Will
Prove Helpful in the Main
tenance of Roads
In last week’s bulletin, attention
was called to the necessity for
dragging the road at this time of
the year. It is exceedingly impor
tant this dragging be done at the
opportune time. If your roads
are too soft,the drag will have the
effect of plows. If your road is
too dry, the drags will not take
hold. The object in dragging is
to give your road a surface to sus
tain the traffic, as well as a roof to
shed the water which may fall.
Be careful to see that sticks and
stones are thrown from the roid
bad. Oftentimes a drag will un
over loose stones that may be ly
ing just underneath the road sur
face. Take time to pick these
stones out and throw them to one
side. Every moment spent in this
character of work, is worth money
to your road. No road can be
successfully maintained with dif
ferent characters of material in its
surface make up. A clay road
should be all clay, and holes in
these road shoud not be filled with
gravel, sandy loam or other materi
al than clay. The same is true of
a sandy loam, the gumbo soil and
other materials. The rocks in the
road make hard spots, consequent
ly, producing holes in your road.
Get them out during dragging or
before you drag it, and the results
will be a uniformly smooth road
surface. Reuben G Dye,
Chairman State Highway Com
mission.
FOR SALE OR LEASE
80 acres one mile east of New
ark; 40 acres two miles southwest
of Newark; 20 acres one and one
half miles south of Newark on
Mud Creek; 40 acres two miles
east of Newark; and 160 acres four
miles east of Newark. Some of
this land is in cultivation. Will
sell or lease all or any part of it.
S. A. Moore.
FOR SALE
Four room house and one lot,
with small barn and chicken house
all under good fence, one block
from business part of town. Price
$350. Mrs/R. S. Alderson.
Tell ’em you saw it in The Journal
RAISING HOGS
IN ARKANSAS
The Future Money Making Plan
For the Farmer of This
Section of Arkansas
The great asset of Arkansas
that will bring millions of capital
and thousands of expert farmers
to the state when it becomes gen
erally known, is the adaptability
of all parts of the state for mak
ing large profits in raising hogs.
Thousands of acres of cut-over
land in Arkansas are now being
put on the market. The easiest
way to make money on cut over
land is to raise hogs. The hogs
will make good gains through the
summer in the timber with iust a
little grain.
Arkansas people send $8,000,
000 a year out the state to buy
pork and lard. Ten years ago the
Arkansas Agricultural College
kept a careful account of the cost
of raising hogs from birth to mar
ket on Arkansas feeds. It cost
one and a half cents a pound, live
weight. Feed is somewhat higher
now, but the cost would likley not
be more than two cents live
weight, to raise and fatten hogs
in Arkansas on Arkansas feeds.
The $8,000,000 worth of pork
that Arkansas people buy is pro
duced where feed makes the costsat
least three cents per pound for
the live weight of the hog ready
for the market. The feed and the
hog are raised on land that cost
$75 to $250 an acre.
In Arkansas the hogs can be
grown ready for the market at a
cost of less than two cents a pound
live weight, and tens of thousands
of acres especially adapted to hog
raising can be bought from $5 to
$20 per acre.
DESTROY THE WET GOODS
Calico Rock, Sept. 28.—Judge
Eugene Lankford, who presided
over the term of Izard County
Circuit Court just closed at Mel
bourne, has issued an order to
Sheriff P. A. Billingsley, giving
him authority to destroy 400 pints
of “bootleg” whiskey that was
captured at this place last August.
Saturday, Oct. 4, is the date set
for the confiscation of these con
signments of beer and whiskey,
which was shipped to fictitious
names. Since the capture of these
wet goods they have been locked
in the vaults of a local bank.
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