The Newark Journal.
published In The Famous Big Bottom Country, Where Alfalfa Is king.
$1 Per Annum.
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, March 24, 1905.
Vol. 5. No. 13.
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MR. RANEY'S EXPLANATION
tie Refused to Introduce Fencing
District Bill, and Tells Why
He Did So.
Editor The Journal:
About thirty days ago 1 receiv
ed a petition asking me to secure
the pasage of a special act organ
izing a fencing district east of
Newark. I also received a remon
strance asking me not to secure
the passage of this act. The re
monstrance was signed mostly by
people who do not own land in the
district, but by several who do
own land in the district. I consid
er that the names of the ones who
do not own land in the proposed
district should not be considered.
Now, the proposed district joins
the old district and 1 am of the
opinion that the parties owning
land in the old district are interest
ed, however, by the persistent ar
gument of the petitioners I decid
ed that I might be wrong and
agreed not to consider them in it.
After making this concession to
the petitioners, I told their attor
ney that 1 would have to be |>osi
fcively convinced that two-thirds of
the land owners in the proposed
district had signed the petition,
before 1 would attempt to pass a
bill. Sec. l.'!7.s of Kirby’s digest
provides that the county court up
on a petition of two-thirds of the
land owners in any township or
fraction thereof, shall authorize
the establishment of a fencing dis
trict. It is true that all the fenc
ing districts of Independence coun
ty have been formed by special
acts of Jb^legislature, but this is
not necessary, as many fencing
districts have been formed all over
the state by the county courts.
We have had three bills for this
purpose for Independence county
in this session, while 1 do not be
lieve there has been a single dis
trict organized by this legislature
out side of Independence county,
so the general law certainly meets
the requirements of the rest of
the state. The only reason why
this should be brought before the
legblature is to make Black river
a lawful fence; however, as to that
they could have run their fence
down Black river and avoided
coming to the legislature with it.
I (Jo not object to Mas district be
ing organized, provided they can
make the proper showing before
the county court, and for this reas
on agreed to save the expense of
building the fence down Black
river, and proposed to have a
special act passed making Black
river a lawful fence. This was
not satisfactory to the attorney
for the petitioners. So to satisfy
him 1 agreed to try to pass the
bill provided that be could show
me positively that two thirds of
the land owners wanted it. So,
the attorney for the petitioners
came down with a petition signed
by fifty while forty-eight was all
that was necessary. 1 had a let
ter from two parties who asked
ni*' to erase their names from the
petition. Three of the parties on
the petition had signed both the
petition and the remonstrance; in
fact, 1 believe they had signed al
most everthing that was presented
to them, and I do not know howto
consider these parties. Four or
five had signed the petition as
guardian. The law plainly states
that a guardian may make neces
sary repairs but can not make
permanent improvements without
an order of the county court.
So, taking1 all this into consider
ation, 1 did not consider that the
petitioners had two-thirds and
j told their attorney that with what
information 1 had 1 would not in
| troduce a bill. He was angry
i with me and stated that 1 was re
fusing this for political reasons,
which is absolutely false. Had I
wanted to play the smooth politi
cian 1 would have introduced the
bill and pretended that I was try
ing to put it through, and then let
it die on the calender, and gone to
the opposing parties and told them
of this, which would have been ab
solutely satisfactory to them. I
could have done this, and carried
water on both shoulders, which
|
would have been politics, pure and
unadulterated. I think that those
who know me best know that 1
will not lay down principle for po
litical advancement.
It would be impossible for me
to get this bill through in time for
the fence to be built in time to
make a crop this year, therefore I
do not consider that 1 am doing
anyone an injustice to stop this j
matter where it is, so far %s 1 am 1
concerned, and let the petitioners
go before the county court, which ,
is the proper place for them. 1
have prepared a bill to make lilack
river a lawful fence and think that
1 can assure the petitioners that 1
can get it through. If there is
any amendment to the general law
that the petitioners want 1 will
gladly remedy this for them.
However, 1 do not consider that it
is defective, as it answers the pur
l*>se of the rest of the state. I
told the attorney that if Mr. Cole
man or Mr. Hinkle would intro
(luce this bill I would not offer any
resistance, but I am of the opinion
that neither of them will do this.
Some may censure me for this,
but 1 do not propose to take a case
that is hotly contested away from
the county court, where it rightly
belongs, and pass a special act
through the legislature, especially
when 1 do not believe that the
county court will grant their re
quest. Hoping this is right, just,
and satisfactory to all parties con
cerned, I beg to state that this is
final with me, and ask to remain.
Your humble representative,
T. .1. Raney.
Little Rock, Ark. March lb, 1905.
NEWPORT MAS A FIRE.
Newport, March 20.—F i r e
broke out about 5 o'clock this
morning in W. F. Bishops restau
rant, on Walnut street, and before
it was checked burned four busi
bcss houses, all frame buildings,
owned by the T. J. Watson estate
and valued at $3,000; insurance,
$2,000. fFhe buildings were occu
pied by Bishop's restaurant, Phil
lips & Ferguson's insurance office,
doe Vagner's barber shop and
Bell & Maynard’s restaurant.
Most of the stocks were saved.
The origin of the fire is thought to
have been incendiary.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the
; Independendence County Cotton
i Grower’s Association is called to
meet at the Court house in Bates
ville, Arkansas, at 2 o’clock p. m.
on Saturday, 1st day of April,
1905. Those interested in this
movement are requested to be
; present.
Mrs. II. G. Logan of Logan
township has bought the Robert
son residence on Second street.
The warmest line of shirts ever
shown. You'll have to hurry.
R. C. Dorr Mercantile Co. Mag
ness, Ark.
Rev. John T. Wilson of Little
Rock delivered a bible lecture at
the Methodist church here Wed
nesday night.
Wonder why John Saylors and
Dolph Barnett like to visit Mag
ness so often of late? Must be
some attraction.
Don't forget to stop and inspect
our mammoth stock of general
merchandise. R. C. Dorr Merc.
Co., Magness, Ark.
Rev. C. II. Newman of Sulphur
Rock spent Monday night in town,
and assisted in the institution of
the Rebekah Lodge.
Miss Myrtle Ix>ng left Friday
for her home at Piggott, after
spending a few weeks here with
relatives and friends.
Our special cut-price shoe sale
is the talk of Newark. Get in
line and buy while the assortment
is good. Whiting & Co.
J. S. Ketchem, quite a promi
nent citizen of Imboden, spent
Monday in town, visiting his
nephew, .las. B. Ketchem.
Rev. J. A. Anchultz left lues
da.v for points in Conway county
where he is selling territory for
the «Jude vine patent broom.
J. M. Kennedy and son left
Tuesday morning for Melbourne
and Byler to spend the week visit*
ing old friends and relatives.
Mrs. ,T. P. Madness is again in
charge of the Motel Magness, Mr.
and Mrs. \\\ J. Lambkins having
left Monday for Hot Springs.
Miss Sal lie Ladd went to Oil
Trough Sunday, in response to a
telephone message announcing the
serious illness of her brother.
Mrs. Ruby Lancaster left Sun
day for St. Louis where she will
spend several days studying the
new styles in spring millinery.
Remember that the only place
in town to get good, nice, fresh
bread is at the Newark Grocer
Co’s. They bake it fresh every
day.
Bud and Mack Black, John Say
bors, Dolph Barnett, 11. A. Gire,
Estes Kinman, and Marion Jack
attended the party at Mr. and
Mrs. B. G. Sheley’s near Magness
Friday night.
The announcement of T. J.
Moore as a candidate for city
marshal will be found in today’s
paper. Tom promises to make a
good officer if elected, and asks
you to consider his candidacy
when you go to vote.
The Batesville Bee says that one
firm in Batesville recently ship
ped 494 cases of eggs in one day.
This amounts to 14,820 dozen,
and at the low price of ten cents
per dozen is $1,482 worth of eggs,
The same firm also ships from five
to ten barrels of dressed chickens
every day. it requires but little
figuring to prove that the raising ;
of chickens is a profitable indus
try.
The little son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Adams is quite sick with
bronchitis.
Rev. C H. Newman will till his
regular appointment at the Metho
dist church Sunday.
R. K. McHenry is building a|
a new residence on his lots on the
corner of Sixth and Locust streets.
(too. F. Grosser is putting some
woven wire fencing around his
cottages recently erected on Lo
cust street.
The famous lving-Davis anti
trust law went into effect Wednes
day, and the poor old trusts have
all skeedadled.
Miss Bettie Davidson died at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Davidson, near town,
Wednesday morning from typhoid
fever.
Come in and let us fit you with
a pair of our easy-fitting shoes, for
everybody. We give you the
best in style and quality. Cres
cent Shoe Co., Batesville, Ark.
Speed & Sisk and Holderby &
Lawton have consolidated their
business and will hereafter do bus
iness under she firm name of the I
Newark Grocer Company.
Mrs. Mary Sorrels, of Cord
spent Monday night in the city,
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
Saylors, and left Tuesday morn
ing for Augusta, to visit her
daugter, Mrs. Manda Mims.
Thomas Herrington and Alvard
Hugg, two of Charlotte's promis
ing young men, were in town
Tuesday, and left on the night
train for Texarkana, where they
will enter the Morse School of
Telegraphy.
1 he announcement of J. II. Ilol
derby as a candidate for re-elec
tion as mayor will be found in to
days paper. Mr. Holderly has
served the citizens of Newark in
the capacity of mayor for the past
year and has given the people
good service.
Notice—My boy, (labe Strong,
who is not of age has left my
house, and all parties are hereby
warned to not employ him without
my permission, and those doing so I
are warned that they will be dealt |
with according to law.
D. P. Strong.
Robert Magness, the little son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Magness,
got hold of a can of concentrated
lye Wednesday and had eaten
some of it before In* was discover
ed by his mother. He was in a
serious condition for a time, but is
now thought to be out of danger.
The many friends of Mr. and
Mrs. (i. \V. Coe will be glad to
learn that they will again become
citizens of Newark, after an ab
sence of about two years. Mrs.
Coe and the children came in Wed
nesday, and Mr. Coe is making
the trip overland and will arrive
in a few days.
H. T. Jones has resigned as sec-!
retary of the local Farmer’s Un
ion, and ,1. II. Murphy was elect
ed to the position. The Union is
enjoying a steady and substantial
growth, and the members are en
thusiastic over the encouraging
prospects for a large and influen
| tial organization.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS
Sketch of the Important Transac
tions in the Arkansas Law
Making Body.
House bill No. 3f>3 (Dodge), to
authorize the councils of cities of
the first and second class and in
corporated towns to license sta
tionary engineers, was read the
third time and passed ayes 45,
noes lit.
The house will hereafter remain
in session until five o’clock in the
afternoon, instead of four, a reso
lution to that effect having passed
by a vote of 57 to 20.
Governor Davis has approved
the bill appropriating $5,000 to
enable the attorney general to en
force the new anti-trust law.
By a vote of 15 to lt> the senate
defeated the bill providing for the
publication of all general laws
enacted by the legislature in one
paper in each county. The bill
was reconsidered, the next day,
however, and was passed by a vote
of 19 to 8.
Senator Goodwin introduced a.
bill to prohibit any foreign insur
ance companies from doing busi
ness in the state except through a
resident agent. It amends the
present law to include all kinds of
insurance companies, and it says
that a non-resident must write his
business through a local agent.
Senator Simpson introduced -x
bill to amend the statue so that ex
ecutions for all offenses, including’
criminal assault, shall be private.
The Pinnix bill providing for a
state normal school passed the
senate Thursday morning witli
only two negative votes, Senators
Hardy and Toney voting against
the measure. The bill carries an
appropriation of $50,000 for the
maintenance and erection of the
school. The institution is to be
located in or near Little Rock,
and that city is given one year in
which to subscribe $35,000 and
forty acres of land in order to se
cure the location. In the event that
the city fails to comply with this
proviso, the boord may accejvt
bids from any city in the state.
The appropriation bill for the
maintenance of the state insane
asylum passed the senate. The
bill carries a total appropriation
of $317,291.
The appropriation bill for the
State University was considered,
and a total of $33,000 for a gym
nasium, the erection of geology
and primary engineering hall and
infirmary fund, was stricken front
the bill. As amended the bill will
carry a total appropriation of
$203,804.71.
Senator Cotham introduced a
bill to prevent the spread of con
tagious diseaseas among animals,
and requiring dead animals to bo
burned or buried within 24 hours
after death.
Mr. Coleman called up house
bill No. 131 to extend the powers
of cities of the second class in cer
tain cases to prohibit the existence
or the building of outhouses or
stables on the street fronts. Read
third time and passed. Ayes 4<s‘,
nays 15.
The senate tabled Mr. Fuller’s
bill creating the office of beer in
spector.
The governor vetoed Senator
Fletcher’s bill for the regulation
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