The Newark Journal.
Published In The Famous white River Country, where Alfalfa is King
$ I Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, May 13, 1910
Vol. 10, No. 5
NEGLECT HOME HISTORY
Children are Not Taught About
Their Home State
The schoolchildren of Arkansas,
most of them, know little more
about their own state than they
know about another state or a for
eign country and the reason for it
is they are not taught it.
It would not be amiss if the his
tory, constitution and geography
of the state were taught in the
public schools, so that every stu
dent might become familar with
the different section, the public
men, past and present, as well as
with the fundamental laws.
In some of the southern States
history of the commonwealth is
one of the books included in the
curriculum, and it is a good thing.
It is not necessary that they be
taught the political history or that
any of the points of sectional dif
ference be included but only
such history as will make pupils
acquainted with the historical fact
concerning the state.
It is a safe guess that not one
out of ten boys in the public
schools knows anything about the
location of the counties of the I
state, except in a general way, and
almost certain that none of them
are very familiar with the import
ant towns of the state.
Teach them Arkansas, and while
we are busy telling the homeseeker
about the state, and offering him
the knowledge as an inducement to
come and be a citizen, why not
teach the same facts to your child
ren, and let them know what sort
of a home they can make for them
selves without leaving Arkansas?
It is just as important that we
teach the things to our boys and
girls and make them proud they I
are citizens of such a state and
glad to remain as such after they
are out of school as to leach the!
facts to the homeseeker as an in
ducement for him to locate here, j
The boys and girls of Arkansas
do not know enough about Arkan
sas.
They learn it in the same gen
eral way that they learn any other
state, and know but little more
about it- law, its history and its
geography than t hc.\ know of any
other state in the Union.
TIMBER LAND FOR SALE.
160 acres linest pine timber land
in Baxter county,seven miles from !
railroad. Plenty of timber sur
rounding to make good run for;
mill. White River Land & In-:
vestment Co., Newark, Ark.
SPECIAL PRIMARY JUNE 4
Democratic Committee Orders Pri
mary to Nominate Sheriff
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A special meeting of the Demo
cratic County Central Committee
was held at Batesville Saturday
for the purpose of considering the
manner of filling the vacancy in
the ticket caused by the death of
-John M. Magness, the nominee
for sheriff
The committee decided that a
special primary should be held on
Saturday, dune 4, for the purpose
of nominating a candidate for
sheriff. The candidates were as
sessed $25 each, and were given
ten days within which to pay the
fee and get their name on the
ticket.
Hon. Sam. M. Casey of Bates
ville was elected chairman of the
committee to succeed R. K. Mc
Henry. The vote for chairman
was, Casey ten; McHenry six;
Waldrip one. C. i). Metcalf was
unanimously re-elected secretary.
Two dates for holding the pri
mary were considered—dune 4th
and duly 20th, the early date be
ing chosen by a vote of nine to six.
The same judges and clerks who
held the regular primary on the
30th of March were appointed to
hold the special primary.
The committee adjourned to
meet on Tuesday, dune 7, when
the returns will be canvassed and
the nominee declared.
FATHER DIES AND SON IS
BORN ON MOVING TRAIN
.Jonesboro, May 10. — On the
same train upon which its father
had died an hour or two previous
ly, a baby was born today.
The train was the Texas Lim
ited on the Cotton Belt railroad.
In the baggage car was John
Mitchell, of Marmaduke, who Lad
been at a health resort in New
Mexico. Hope of saving his life
had been abandoned, and he was
being hastened to Marmaduke to
gratify his wish that he might die
at home. He lost his race with
death, for he passed away just be
fore the train reached Pine Bluff.
Mrs. Mitchell, who was with her
husband, was taken ill at Stutt
gart. Dr. W. II. Moorehoad of
that place boarded the train with
an extra cot and the baby boy was
brought into the world just a few
feet from the body of its dead
father, amid the roar and rattle of
the train, as it sped northward out
of .Jonesboro.
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Happenings of Local Interest
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Adams have
moved into their new home recent
ly completed on Third street.
When you want a hot or cold
bath, shave, shampoo, sea foam,
massage or first-class haircut, drop
in at Morris’ Barber Shop.
Mrs. A. A. Evans went to New
port Wednesday to attend the fu
neral of T. W. Phillips, who died
in Washington, D. ('., and was
buried at Newport Wednesday af
ternoon.
For Sale. — A nearly new
horse-power Stover gasolene en
gine. Latest model. Will sell at a
bargain, as am going to install el
ectric motor. E. C. Waterman,
Democrat Ollice, Newport, Ark.
Blacksmith shop, good residence
and four acres of land for sale at
bargain. Shop is well equipped,
good location near Newark und all
buildings nearly new and in good
condition. W hite River Land Co.,
Newark, Ark.
There will be a meeting of the
Independence County Poultry and
Pet Stock Association at Sulphur
Rock, Saturday May 28th at one
p.m. All persons interested in
poultry raising are invited to at
tend. S. C. Knight acting Secre
tary.
Judge Cul. L. Pearce has re
signed us secretary of the board of
trustees of the Odd Fellows Home
at Batesville, and Grand Master
Joseph lias appointed County
Clerk Albert Sims to till the va
cancy. There are now 140 inmates
in the Home.
The Iron Mountain will make
reduced rates to Little Rock ac
count of the second annual meet
ing of the Arkansas Hardware j
Dealers Association. Tickets on '
sale May 16th to 20th, inclusive,
good for return until May ‘22nd.
F. C. Hoyt, agent.
Miss Blanch Oldfield of Bates
ville was married at Tampa. Fla.,a
few days ago to Mr. John Ireland
of Tampa. She and her mother
have been in Tampa some time for
the benefit of her mother’s health.
The bride is a sister of Congress
man W. A. Oldfield.
Rev. J. I. Martin, of Cord, who
has again taken up the Baptist
mission work, is having more calls!
than he can fill. He has recently
had calls from Crawford, Carroll
and Bradley counties, but of course
could not till all of them. lie is
doing good work for his church.
Rev. I. II. Russell left Tuesday ,
morning for Asheville, X. C., to
attend the general conference of
the M. E. Church, South. From
there he will go to Washington,
D. C., to attend the International
Sunday School Convention. He j
will be absent about two weeks.
The announcement of W. A. j
Fike of Batesvilie as a candidate i
for sheriff, subject to the Demo
cratic special primary to be held !
dune -1, appears in today’s paper.
Mr. Fike made the race in the re- !
gular March primary and was de
feated by only a few votes. He al-1
so made the race four years ago,
when he was only a few votes be- i
hind the successful man. He is a
man of well known integrity and
business ability and the fact that
he has come so near being elected
to this office on two different oc
casion shows that he stands well
with the peoplo of the county, lie j
has had considerable experience
in this line of work and there is j
no doubt about his ability to make J
the county a good officer.
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A meeting will be held at the
Mount Zion graveyard on Satur
day, May 21, for the purpose of
cleaning up and beautifying the
grounds.
Another freak egg was recently
added to our collection of curios.
It is very small and of a dark
brown color, bearing a marked
resemblance to an oak ball, t>oth
in size and color. It was laid by
a Republican hen belonging to
(ieo. F. Grosser, and those whoj
have seen it are undecided ns to
whether it means that the comet i
is going to fry all the sap out of
the earth next Wednesday, or
whether it means the defeat of the
Republican party in the next
election.
The petition for the creation of
the drainage district cast of New
ark was granted by the county
court at its recent term. It is pro
posed to dig a large ditch from a
point just below town to Black
river. Such a ditch would reclaim
a vast amount of land that is now
practically worthless, and would
also he quite a benefit to the gen
eral healthfulness of the commun
ity. Theboardand a civil engineer
will go over the territory within
a short time for the purpose of
making assessments on the land
within the territory to be drained.
Halley's Comet is now visible to
the naked eye at about d a. m.
in the eastern sky. It does not
show up in the spectacular manner
generally supposed that it would,
but it is plainly visible if the sky
is clear. It is still coming nearer j
the earth, and on next Wednesday
the 18th, the earth will pass
through the tail of the comet. The
comet travels at a speed of 7,000
miles a minute and is supposed to
be fourteen million miles from the
earth on that date. The length of
its tail is variously estimated at
from fifteen to twenty million
miles. Expert astronomoers
with powerful instruments will be
stationed at favorable points to
make observations as the comet
passes directly between the earth
and the sun. After the 10th, its or
bit digresses from the earth, and j
it gradually returns from whence
it came, wherever that may be,
and will not be visible again for a ,
period of seventy-live years.
CANDIDATE FDR SHERIFF
The Journal taken pleasure in
calling attention to the announce
ment of .lames C. McGill a* a can
didate for sheriff, which appears
eleswhere in today’s paper.
Mr. McGill is a citizen of our
neighboring township, Dota, and:
is one of the county’s best citizens. :
lie made the race for sheri If in the
recent campaign before the regu
lar primary in March, and made a
very creditable showing, consider
ing the fact that the successful j
candidate and Mr. McGill lived in
adjoining township and the winner
having made a good race four
years ago, which, together with
the fact that the nominee whs a
man of considerable popularity,
made it the more dilhcult for an
other man together much strength
in this end of the county. Mr. Mc
Gill was only 152 votes behind the
nominee and there were only 12
votes between him and his closest
opponent.
He has had considerable exper
ience as a deputy in this office, and
this together with his excellent re
cord, both as a private citizen,
and as a public official, well quali
fies him for the duties of the po>i
tion. If elected, ho will no doubt
make the county a good sherili. i
STATE FAIR PROGRESS
Nearly Every County Mas Prom
ised *o Send Exhibits
According to advices m oved
from State Fair headquarter-*, six
ty out of the seventy-five counties
in Arkansas have already pledged
themselves to send exhibits this
fall.
Poultry breeders will be pleaded
to learn that a modern equipped
building is being fitted up for the
exclusive use of poultry depart
ment at the Fair this year.
Secretary Geo. R. Holding is
being deluged with requested for
the beautiful souvenir post cards
which he is sending to all those
who ask for them.
The premium list will be ready
for distribution within about two
weeks. If you desire a copy, send
your name and address to the sec
retary at Hot Springs.
The “model farm” of the Mis
souri Pacific Railway, aud Kemf’s
“model cit.\’’ will be two of the
most unique and interesting ex
hibits at the fair this fall.
The officers of the fair are firm
believers in advertising, and at
tribute the success of the enterprise
principally to the publicity that
has been given it by the press.
Tuesday, October 11, will be
Farmers’ Union and organized la
bor day at the State Fair.
END OF THE “BOODLE CASES”
The expected happened with
“the hoodie cases,” which grew
out of the alleged corruption in
the legislature in 1905, corruption
of which there c an hardly be a
doubt. These cases have been suf
fered to peter out. Prosecuting
Attorney Roy D. Campbell on
Monday got all the pending cases
nolle prossed in the First Divis
ion of the Pulaski Circuit Court,
saying that evidence could not
be secured to justify coviction.
We may, however, hope that
the work that was done by Lewis
Khoton when he was prosecuting
attorney will continue to be a liv
ing influence for good in this state.
Arkansas Gazette.
TOWNSHIP COVEN I ION
There will be a Republican
township convention held in the
city hall at Newark on Saturday
May IT, at 10 o’clock a m. for
the purpose of electing three del
egates and three alternates to at
tend the Republican County Con
vention to be held at Batesville on
Saturday May 28.
G. iM. Fields,
Township Committeeman.
PROGRESSIVE CITY COUNCIL
Some Things They Will Probably
Do For flood of Newark
—
Mr. Editor. Newark ought to
pride herself on the progressive
council and mayor she has just
elected. They are all progressive
business men in their line—a doc
tor who will no doubt advocate all
the sanitary measures needed by
the town, three successful farmers
of good practical business ideas,
and two of the most progressive
merchants.
No doubt they will establish the
office of scavenger, and the duties
of that officer will be to clean all
the toilets once a month and charge
the owners thereof twenty-five
cents a month, which, if not paid,
will be sufficient cause for the
council to declare said toilets a
nuisance and havet hem torn clown.
They will also perhaps have the
laws of the town properly digest
ed and printed in book form so
the people can have some idea of
the laws they are expected to
obey. The way it is now the laws
of the town are written in an old
ledger and kept locked in a safe in
the mayor’s office, and no m«n
can toll what the laws are until
arraigned before His Honor to
pay a tine or one aoiiar and costs
for violating a law that lie perhaps
did not know was in existence.
This manner of keeping our
laws hidden away is very much
like an ancient ruler of Rome
used to do. i^e would have his
laws written in very small letters
and post them so high upon pillars
that no person could stand on the
ground and read them. But our
present mayor and councilmen are
too progressive for anything like
that. They also have an intelli
gent and progressive constituency
who demand these improvements
mentioned. Fakmeh Jim,
CAMP A KIN FOR A DRY STATE
Conway, May 10.- The first gun
in the fight for state-wide prohibi
tion was fired here tonight and the
first addresses were delivered by
Rev. Frank Barrett, president of
the Anti-Saloon Leaugue, Rev. E.
J. A. McKinney and J. S. Maples
of Texas. Mr. Barrett said the li
quor tratlic is regulating the police
forces in all cities and towns were
saloons are allowed.
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