Real Estate For Sale.
Some Bargains in Desirable Farm and City Property
Offered by Craig & Henderson.
No. 2. 80 acres good bottom land
miles N . E. Newark; half subject to
overflow, balance above highwater;
0 acres in cultivation. Fine land and
5t bargain.
No. 2 . 279 acre farm adjoining
Paroquet, 40acres in cultivation, 20
acres in pasture; one 6-room frame
and one 2room box house on place.
<5ood well, two pumps, three barns,
two good orchards of 5q bearing trees:
Sand not in cultivation has good tim
ber.
56. 60acre farm with 40 improved
good orchard of 200 trees, good 7 room
frame house and good barn; everlast
ing spring.
60. 10 acres in northeast part of
town, all under good fence; good 3
room box house with brick fines; good
■well of water, barn, garden; orchard
of 75 bearing trees of apples; also
pears, peaches and grapes.
61. 0 acres 1 mile north of Paro
quet; 1 ((acres in cultivation; 250acres
tunder fence; 2 pastures, 1 of KH) acres
and 1 of 0 acres; 2-roorn and 3-room
mouses, good barns, pumps and plenty
of water; tliree-tourLhs mile «>f river
front; ferry landing on place; makes
three-fourths to a bale of cotton and
0 to 60 bushels of corn per acre.
Price fifty live hundred dollars.
No. 62. New 6-room house with
ood barn and smokehouse, fine water
and all modern conveniences, located
two blocks from school building, and
near Baptist church. One of the most
•desirable locations in town, and will
be sold at a bargain.
no. 26. 1 0 acre farm, 80 acres in
cultivation; good timber on land not
in cultivation; three 2-room bouses,
good well and spring, 2i acre orchard.
Located 8 miles north of Newark,
anile from Black River Academy, mile
from church and in good neighborhood.
Small creek runs through the farm.
no. 27. One block beautiful resi
>dence lots just north of school build
sng. Very desirable property and a
bargain.
No. 6 . o acres good land one mile
northeast of Magness. 30 acres in eul
ivation; double box house with ball:
good well, good barn; good spring of
■water and nice young orchard.
no. 53. ho acres Big Bottom land
-i miles from Newark; 00 acres in cul
tivation, 3 acres in alfalfa; grows bale
I of cotton to the acre.
no. 37. 2 acres' nicest residence
! property in north part of town; good
well and garden on place.
55. 00 acre farm 3 miles north oi
town, 0 acres in cultivation, 20 acres
good timber, no rocks, 5 room log
house and room frame house, good
well, and nice young orchard.
no. 30. 529 acres tine bottom land:
mile river front on Black river; 300
acres under fence; 200 acres tine cane
land; valuable white oak timber on
land.
No. 05. 80 acres good bottom land;
20 in cultivatian; good two-room house
and good barn; one mile from railroad
station. $0 per acre; * cash, balance
j to suit purchaser.
>0. tit). !>0 acres rich, alluvial land,
one mile northeast, of Paroquet on
! Black river;25 acres in cultivation, bal
ance in pasturage. This land over
flows and is very rich. Timber will
sell for $15 per acre. ill be sold for
i cash, balance on your own time.
No. (37 80 acres good land with pood
3-room house and pood barn; 30 acres
in cultivation, balance timber, 60acres
fenced. Makes bale of cotton and 50
bushels corn per acre. $15 per acre; i
cash, balance on your own time.
No, (38. (>o acres pood land, all under
fence, pood 3-room house. 30 Bores in
cultivation, balance in pasture; pood
barn. $15 per acre it cash, balance to
suit purchaser.
No. 09. Good farm of 80 acres, 5 in
cultivation, located 0 miles northeast
j of Newark; good three room box house
tine cistern, pood barn and orchard of
' 50 hearing trees; good white and red
oak timber on land not in cultivation,
i Located near church and school house.
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Craig & Henderson,
NEWARK, : : : ARKANSAS.
R. K. 3IcHENRY
Notary Public
Office in City Hull Building
All Kinds of Notary Work
Neatly and Promptly Done
SWEET POTATO PLANTS
Of All Kinds For Sale By
J. C. LEWIS
Phone No. 2 - 1 ring.
NEWARK, - ARKANSAS
DIE IRA H. ERWIN
SPECIALIST
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Hooms 8 and 0 Long Distance
Wishon Buildg Phone No 74-2
Newport, Arkansas
Notice To Bridge Contractors
Notice is hereby given that 1 will
let at public outcry, at the court
house, on June 22nd, 1000, instead of
of on the 22 May, a contract for
the construction of steel bridges
across the following creeks in inde
pendence County, Arkansas, To-wit:
Dota Creek,
Deportee Creek,
Lowe Creek,
Spring Creek,
Goody Creek.
Plans and specifications can be seen \
at the County Clerk’s office. The i
right is reserved to accept or reject
any and all bids.
Given under my band at Batesville,
Arkansas, this the *th day of May,
|9U*>. S. B. VVYt'OUGH,
Judge of Independence County.
BRAIN LEAKS.
(From Bryan’s Commoner:)
The best place to feel for suffer
I . ...
j ing humanity is in your pocket.
The man who most needs ad*
1 vice is generally the most lavish
in giving it away.
The man who is always regret
ting yesterday is not making
; preparation for tomorrow.
Falling into debt is as easy as
falling out of a balloon. Getting
out of debt is as difficult as falling
back into the balloon.
The best investment a young
man can make is the performance
of deeds in the present that will
be the fond memories of the fu
ture.
SHOT FROM AMBUSH
Albert Ferguson was shot from
ambush while riding along the pub
lic road near King's mill in Sharp
county, dames Cunningham, his
father-in law, is charged with hav
ing done the shooting and was
bound over to await the action of
the grand jury. The weapon used
was a shot gun and Ferguson re
ceived a heavy charge of shot in
one arm and side, but was not
dangerously wounded.
You can always get something
good to eat at Galloway’s restau
rant. Meals 25 cents. Short or
ders at all hours. Also nice clean
beds and up-to-dute accomrnoda
dations.
BIG LEGAL BATTLE OYER ROAD TAX
Amendment Declared Valid By
Chancery Court, Railroad
Appeals to Supreme Court
A decision was rendered in the
Pulaski chancery court at Little
Rock Saturday in the suit brought
by the Cotton Belt railroad against
the sheriff and collector of Pulaski
county, to enjoin the latter from
paying over to the county court
or the county treasurer the sum
of #372.51, which the railroad paid
this year on the road tax, and the
court held that the road tax
amendment was valid, declaring
that the amendment had been le
gally adopted, according to the
standards fixed by the legislatuie
to govern such cases.
in mis suit me rauroaa aitacKeu
the validity of the road tax amend
ment, alleging that the amend
ment failed to receive a majority
of the total number of votes cast
in the election of 1893, at which it
was submitted. In support of
this contention the railroad tiled a
certified copy of a statement pre
pared from the abstracts in the of
fice of the secretary of state, show
ing the highest number of votes
cast for any state or county officer
in each county. It was claimed
that this was approximately the
total number of votes cast in the
election and that the road tax
fell short of a majority of this to
tal vote by 930 votes. It was al
leged that under the ruling of the
Supreme Court in the case of the
amendment governing appoint
ments by the governor the amend
ment was not adopted unless it re
ceived a majority of the total
number of votes cast in the elec
tion.
The court held, in effect, that it
was sufficient for the amendment
to receive a majority of the votes
cast for one of the five constitu
tional state offices—governor, sec
retary of state, attorney general,
auditor or treasurer. He held
that inasmuch as these are the on
ly offices on which the vote is sub
mitted to the legislature the speak
er could not go behind these re
turns to determine the total num
] her of electors voting in the elec
tion, and that it is necessary for
j him to declare an amendment
adopted or defeated on the infor
mation which is before the legisla
ture. The court held that the sec
tion of the constitution governing
the adoption of amendments is not
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self-operative, in that it does not
provide a means of determining1
the total vote cast in the election,
it is therefore necessary to adopt
the statutory provisions, the court
held, which make it the duty of
the speaker of the house to declare
the amendments adopted or de
feated and give him only the vote
on the five constitutional offices on
which to base his decision.
Inasmuch as the road tax amend
ment received a majority of the
total vote cast for each of the live
constitutional officers the court
held that the amendment had been1
legally adopted.
The case was appealed to the su-:
prerue court, and an effort will be
made to have the higher court ad
vance the case so that a decision
may be obtained before the court i
adjourns for the summer recess.
ASSESSOR’S NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that I will
attend in person or by deputy, at the
usual voting places in the various
townships in Independence county,
Arkansas, for the purpose of taking a
I list of the personal property of each j
resident of said township and the per |
capita tax of such as are liable to pay i
; tha same for the year lbtti, on the days
; and dates specified below:
Greenbrier township, Desha, Satur
day June 9
Oil Trough township, Elmo, Mon
, day, June II.
Christian township, Oil Trough,
Tuesday June 12.
Christian township, Smith's school
house, Wednesday, June 13.
Salado township, llosie, Thursday!
June 14.
Salado township, Salado, Friday, '
June loth.
Washington township, Calaway’s
store, Monday and Tuesday, June 18
| and 19.
Cushman township, Cushman, Wed
nesday and Thursday, June 20and 21.
Jefferson township, J. I*. Montgom
ery's store. Friday, June 22.
| Ashley township, Brewer’s school
house, Saturday, June 23.
Barren township, Gray’s store, Mon
day and Tuesday, June 2"> and 20.
Black River township, Charlotte,
Wednesday, June 27.
Black River township, Walnut
I Grove, Thursday, June 28
Black River township, Cord, Friday
; J une 29
Logan township. Logan school house
i Saturday J une 30.
Gainsboro township, Mooretield,
Monday, J uly 2
Gainsboro township, liana’s school
bouse, Tuesday July 3.
Gainsboro township; Sharp, Wed
i nef.day, J uly 4
Big Bottom township, Newark,
Thursday. Friday and Saturday, July
| c>, and 7.
Madness township, Madness, Mon
| day, .inly !)
White River township, Sulphur
I Rock, Tuesday and Wednesday .July
10 and li.
Ituddel townsliip, Ifatesville, Tluirs
day, I- rid ay and Saturday, July 12. i.j
and 14.
I And at myoflice in the court house
at Statesville July loto20, after which
I time all persons failing to assess will
j be subject to a penalty.
You ttfust assess in person. Kaoh
person wdl have to swear to his or her
: assessment, and each person will be
I required to >;ive number of school dis
trict. School directors will please
furnish list of tax payers at precintt !
on first day of assessment.
J. J. t’ALDWKLL, Assessor
Independence County, Arkansas
has a very bad effect on your «y«
tem. It disorders your stomach
and digestive apparatus, taints your
blood and causes constipation, with
all its fearful ills.
Bedford's
Black-Draught1
is a bland tonic, liver regulator, and
blood purifier.
It gets rid of the poisons caused
by over-supply of bile, and quickly
cures bilious headaches, dizziness,
loss of appetite, nausea, indiges
tion, constipation, malaria, chills
and fever, jaundice, nervousness,
irritability, melancholia, and all
sickness due to disordered liver.
It Is not a cathartic, but a gentle,
herbal, liver medicine, which eases
without irritating.
LATEST VOGUE
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where with Guarantee of bet
ter satisfaction than comes
with Hats offered at nearly
twice the price. -
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Crescent Shoe Co.
Batesville, : Arkansas.
7
SEVENTEEN YEAR LOCUSTS COMING
Department of Agriculture Sends
Oil; r arning That Their
Appearance is Due.
As was stated in The Journal
sometime ago, this is the year for
the appearance of the seventeen
year locusts, and the Department
of Agriculture at Washington has
sent out a circnlar, warning those
interested to be on the loukoutfor
the brood. The visitation of the
locusts is not as serious as the
noise and disturbance they
make would indicate. But they
come in such numbers and so till
the woods with their singing that
it appears to the casual observer
that there must be a veritable
plague of the insects that cannot
help doing immense damage.
According to the warning sent
out by the Department of Agri
culture, the brood is due to make
its appearance early in dune, and
the Department says the specie is
well known to entomologists and
has been more or less definitely
traced back to 1033. It appear
ed then in New England, and was
followed by a plague of sicknees
that carried off many of the white
settlers. The Indians knew the
periodical cicada of old, and as
sured the whites when it first ap
peared that it would be followed
by a plague. The brood was lost
sight of after its appearance in
the early days, and the next au
thentic record of it is in 17*7,
from which point the record has
been definitely kept to the present
time.
The range of the pests, however,
as mapped out by the Department,
includes but little *>f Arkansas,
and lies south and east of longi
tude 92 and latitude 35, covering
the Southeastern part of the Unit
ed States.
LOOK HERE
Why don’t you try a pound of
Littlefield’s new honey? It will
surprise you both in looks and
taste.
Do not j
buy old-fashioned, odd-look
ing shoes, even if they are "\
strong and durable ; nor con- ,
spicuous, loudly stylish shoes,
because they are worn by the
many.
The “good” sign in
shoes is
This mark guarantees correct
taste and style.
True style is that at
tractive difference
which distinguishes
Manss “Urfit** Shoes
from all other shoes,
along with comfort, durability and
the patent “ Unit," which supports
the ankle, holds up the sides, pre
vents heel slipping and shoe twist
ing.
(iRIFFITH & MORROW.