Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, February 17, 1911
Vol. 10, No. 45
DON’T FAIL TO COME TO NEWARK TO THE BIG AGRICULTURAL MEETING, THURSDAY, MARCH 2
THE SOCIALISTS REPLY
Says Lindsey is off the Trail and
is Barking up the
Wrong Tree
Mr. Editor.—In reply to my ar
ticle on Socialism, Mr. Lindsey
seems to think that he has, at one
stroke of the pen, almost wiped
Socialism off the earth. But as
Mr. Lindsey tells only what he has
heard, seen and read, I would ask
that he tell where he has heard,
seen and read what he tells us. It
was what I read and heard that
kept me out of the Socialist party
for many years, because I read on
ly one side of the question.
He says the doctrines I advocate
are so absurd and rotten it almost
. requires one to hold his nose, but
he failed to point out a single w ord
to prove his assertion, and launch
ed off into something entirely off
the subject.
He asks if anybody wras robbed
when .some tribesman caught the
w'ild w'olf and trained him, and
did other animals likewise. No,
certainly not; but what does that
have to do w'ith the doctrines of
Socialism?
Then he asks: “Can you not see
that Nature never made a farm?
God never created money, houses,
shoes, etc.” Certainly, I have
known these things from child
hood. But what’s Mr. Lindsay read
that has given him such an opin
ion of Socialism, or that prompts
him to ask such questions?
But to get down to the point: he
says Nature has sown among the
bttMta nut birds the rudiments of
the very same principles that un
derlie our present system. To this
I say, Amen! No Socialist can
make a more striking comparison
to our present system, under which
the farmer produces 85 per cent of
the wealth, and retains only 16 per
cent of it.
Now, let us see what Nature has
sown among the beasts, the birds
and the fishes. It is nature for the
big fish to sw'allow the little ones.
It is nature for the King bird to be
king of all birds, because he is
more active and knowrs more about
fighting. It is nature for the lion
to kill and devour the weaker ani
mals. And it is nature for the big
corporations to squeeze the life out
of the smaller concerns. It is na
ture for a few active men, who,
like the King bird, possess superior
ability, to secure posession of the
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TAFT FOR ABSTINENCE
President Tefls young People That
x Total Abstinence is Safer
and Wiser Way
President Taft in a letter read
in 3,000 Sunday schools in the
United States last Sunday sounded
the key note of a total abstainers’
movement. The letter is addressed
to Sunday school pupils as “My
dear young friends,” and reads:
“The excessive use of intoxica
ting liquors is the cause of a great
deal of poverty, degradation and
crime of the world and one who
abstains from the use of such li
quor avoids a dangerous tempta
tion. Abraham Lincoln showed
that he believed this in writing
out for his boy friends the pledge
of total abstinence, so often quot
ed.
“Each person must determine for
himself the course he will take in
reference to his tastes and appeti
tes, but those who exercise the
self-restraint to avoid altogether
the temptation of alcoholic liquor
are on the safe and wiser side.”
CHILD BURNS IN BON FIRE
Mammoth Spring, Feb 11.—The
little eight-year-old daughter of R.
F. Quarles, living at the outskirts
of Mammoth Spring, was burned
to death this afternoon while play
ing in the yard. In company with
other children she was playing
with bonfires made of dry leaves,
when her dress caught fire. She
immediately rushed for the house
her speed fanning the flames,
which spread to all parts of her
body. When her mother reached
her she was a solid mass of flames.
She lived only a few hours.
FARMERS UNION MEETING
The twenty-fourth quartery ses
sion of the Independence county
Farmers Union will meet with Oak
Hill Local No. 898, three miles east
of Sulphur Rock, on the 3rd and
4th days of March 1911. All Loads
are requested to send full delega
tion. J. C. Stewart President
T. L. Seuberth, Secretary.
MAD DOG IN TOWN
A dog supposed to have been af
tected with hydrophobia bit sever
al dogs in town Wednesday. The
dog escaped, going west, and was
killed near Magness later in the
day, but not until it had bitten a
number of dogs and several cows.
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“THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY"
Whose 179th Birthday Anniversary We Celebrate
Next Wednesday
LIST OF THE NEW LAWS ENACTED
Following is a synopsis of all
acts, becoming laws, which had
been filed in the Secretary’s office
up to 12 o’clock, February 15.
S. B. 1, by Holland, appropria
ting $200,000 to defray the expen
ses of the General Assembly. This
also includes considerable expense
incurred by the last Legislature,
several members having to carry
over their warrants. It is also in
tended to leave a balance that can
be applied on expenses the next
Legislature.
H. B. 50, by Hardage, authoriz
ing the Treasurer and Auditor to
borrow or transfer $90 from the
Sinking Fund, to the General Rev
enue Fund.
H. B. 98, by Thompson, amend
ing Locust Grove Drainage Dist
rict in Greene county.
H. B. 26, by Graham, amending
School District Law in Bradley
county.
S. B. 5, by Hughes, making an
appropriation of $14,250 to defray
the expenses of Arkansas Tax
Commission from May 18, 1909, to
March 31, 1911.
H. B. 8, by Glover, amending
Salary Law of Garland county.
S. B. 13, by Johnson, for certain
reliefs of the Deputy Sheriff and
Deputy clerk in Lincoln county.
S. B. 39, by Watson, repealing
act no 216, in so far as it relates to
Fulton county.
S. B. 4, by Hughes, amending
the game law of Bradley and Dal
las counties.
S. B. 29, by Watson, amending
Act No. 183 of the Acts of 1905,
amending the claim or title to
school lands.
S. B. 64, by Keel, making valid
the acts of the school directors in
District 18, Jackson county in
in holding school election in May
1910.
S. B. 45, by Oldham, attaching
additional territory to an improve
ment District in Lonoke county
for road purposes.
H. B. 7, by Deisch, amending
the Common Pleas Court in Phil
lips county.
H. B. 67, by Faulkner, extending
the corporation tax in Fair Oaks,
Cross county.
S. B. 125 by Hughes, amending
Improvement District No. 1 Mon
ticello.
H. B. 155, by Wagner, amend
ing the act creating Levee District
in Crawford county.
H. B. 17, by Moore, empowering
County Judge to appoint the
school directors of Desha county.
S. B. 41, by Williams, amending
the primary election law, permit
ting City Central Committees to
hold city primaries as provided by
the general primary election law.
S. B. 58, by Williams, amending
section 5355. This act compels all
persons or companies to furnish
the names of all persons in their
employment to the Tax Assessor.
S. B. Ill, by Logan, providing
for a depository for Polk and
Scott counties.
S. B. 49, by Woods, providing
for a fertilizer inspector.
S. B. 48, by Raney, providing for
a Capitol Art Commission, who
shall serve without pay, and whose
duty it shall be to pass upon all
statuary, paintings, etc., intended
to adorn the capitol and grounds.
S. B. 6, by Turner, requiring all
railroad companies to maintain
lights on their main line switches.
S. B. 3, by Robertson, curing de
fective acknowledgments. T.H.D.
HELP FOR BOYS CORN CLUBS
Help from a new source is offer
ed to the boy’s com contest clubs.
B. C. Rhome, Jr., secretary and
manager of the National Feeders
and Breeders’ show at Fort Worth
went to the Texas Com Growers’
convention at Corsicana and
bought 500 ears of the prize-win
ning corn, which will be given to
the boys of these clubs. Good seed
com is as necessary as good culture
in making a big yield, and many of
the boys are not able to pay the
high prices asked for premium
com. The Feeders and Breeders’
Show is primarily for the encour
agment of livestock raising in the
Southwest, but the management
recognizes the foundation of stock
raising is com growing, and that
more corn means more cattle and
hogs of a better quality. The show,
March 13 to 18 will be attended by
many of the boys of the com clubs.
NEWARK 595
A telegram to The Journal from
the census office at Washington
Wednesday afternoon announces
that the population of Newark is
595. This does not include the new
territory added about the time the
census was being taken, but of
! course, we all now the figures are
| too low. The new territory added
; about 250. The 1900 census gave
Newark 315 population.
The Journal would suggest that
the city council authorize the may
or to make an official count, in or
der to determine the town’s exact
population.
SULPHUR ROCK RECITAL
Miss Stella Jemigan, assisted by
several of the young people of Sul
phur Rock, w'ill give a recital at
the city hall on Wednesday night
Febraury 22. They will render an
excellent program and a large
crowd is solicited. Admission 15
and 25 cents. Every body cordially
invited.
HARBISON-WEAVER
Frank Harbison of Newport and
Mrs. Annie Weaver of Magness
were married at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. B. F. Owens Wednesday
at 12:30 a. m., Squire M. E. Burt
officiating.
POUTRY MEETING
There will be a meeting of the
Independence County Poultry' As
sociation in the court house at
Batesville on Wednesday, February
22.
BATESVILLE 3399
The population of Batesville ac
cording to the recent census, given
out Wednesday, is 3,399. The 1900
census gave Batesville 2,337.
MADE A GOOD JOB OF IT
Walnut Ridge Han Runs his
Family Away and L'iows off
head With Shotgun
Walnut Ridge, Feb, 11.—A ter
rible tragedy occuredd here at 8
o’clock this morning. Will Forster,
a man who had been employed as
a laborer for the Phoenix Oil Com
pany, under a temporary aberra
tion of mind ran all his family out
of the house, and then took a
double-barreled shotgun and held
it upright between his legs, held
his head over the muzzle, and pul
led the trigger and blew the top
of his head off
Dr. J. E. Burns, coroner, came
over from Black Rock, empaneled
a jury, and the verdict was that
Forster came to his death by his
own hands for unknown cause.
He leaves a wife and two sets of
children, six in number.
NOTICE
I sent postal cards to three hun
dred of my constituents saying
that 1 had sent them a copy of a
Little Rock weekly paper, and ask
ed to be notified if they did not
receive them. I have had com
plaints from about two hundred,
saying they were not receiving the
Little Rock papers, so I discontinu
ed the Little Rock papers and ar
ranged with The Newark Journal
to send out these papers. If you
are already a subscriber of The
Journal, you will be credited on
your subscription. The Journal
will print the proceedings the same
as the Little Rock paper. If you do
not get The Journal, please advise
me. Yours truly,
T. J. Raney.
CAPT. RUTHERFORD DEAD
Capt. Geo. Rutherford, one of
the county’s best known citizens,
died at his home about six miles
east of Batesville Sunday morning
after a prolonged illness.
Capt. Rutherford was one of the
county’s pioneer citizens, and has
been a prominent figure in politi
cal and financial circles in the
county.
MARES AND HULES FOR SALE
We have 75 head of mares and
mules for sale, cash or credit. At
Sulphur Rock every day and at
Frank Wright’s place on Black
River every Tuesday. Griffin &
Wright.
TO HOLD FARM MEETING
Government Experts Will Ad
dress Farmers at N'ewafk Oil
Thursday, March 2
The Journal is in receipt of a
letter from L. A. Markham, Iron
Mountain Agricultural Commis
sioner, stating that he and a re
presentative of the U. S. Agricul
tural Department will be in New
ark on Thursday morning, March
2, to address the farmers upon the
value of better agricultural me
thods and the importance of plant
ing good seed.
These meeting sare being held at
various points along the Iron
Mountain, Mr. Markham having
been employed by the railroad
company to conduct an education
al campaign throughtout the state.
That time has never been, nor
will it ever be, when our country
becomes overstocked with‘good .
seed. This applies to cotton, as well
as to all other farm products.
Neither has the time ever come
when a man in any calilng or pro
fession reached the point where he
could not learn or gather new
ideas from others. The men who
will be in Newark to address this
meeting are men well versed in
farming and they will be able to
make many valuable suggestions
which, if acted upon by our farm
ers, will no doubt result benefici
ally.
The Journal hopes there will be
a large gathering of farmers here
on this occasion, and wc are sure
they will be well repaid for their
trouble of coming out.
BOOTLEGGERS FINED
C. A. Bell and Naymond Stokes
were arraigned in Justice Wilson’s
court Saturday on a charge of
selling liquor without license. They
were each fined $50 and costs.
Bell arranged to pay his fine, but
Stokes was committed to the road
gang to work out his fine on the
public roads. The men had been
operating in the Point neighbor
hood.
OIL MAN IN TOWN
Hon. Jos. E. Thompson, a promi
nent attorney of Pittsburg, Pa., is
spending a few days in Newark.
Mr. Thompson is interested in the
development of the oil industry in
this section, and is working in con
nection with the White River Land
& Investment Company, a local
concern.
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