The Newark Journai
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14, 1902.
Vol. 2 No. 46
iO PROTECT MUSSELS
Representative Meyers, of Uw
rence County, Would Lim
it Pearling Season,
The general assembly of Arkan
sas, which convenes in January
next, will he asked to enact a
measure for the protection of
mussels in Arkansas waters dur
ing the spawning season from
June 10 to September 10. A hill
to that effect will lie introduced
and pressed by I)r. James 11.
Myers, lepresentative from Law
rence county. He is widely known
a- a pioneer in the great pearling
(industry in Arkansas.
Dr. Myers announces 'that it is
liis intention to use his best efforts
to secure legislation designed to
prevent the extermination of mus
-cls whence come the famous
Vrkansas pearls, which have so
enriched many of the people of
this state. His idea is that by
protecting the mussels through
the spawning season, during which
the pearls are foimed, the peail
ing and shell industry, in lieu of
being meteoric, will become a per
manent source of revenue. He
states that in a short tune, under
present conditions, tlie supply ot
mussels m the rivers of the state
will he exausteii and that then
the lakes ami rivers in the St.
Francis basin will he invaded and
exhausted. Legislation of the
kind pioposed by Di. Myers will,
In* thinks, serve to prevent the
slaughter of the goose that lays
the golden egg. Dr. Myers argues
that cessation of pearling during
t lie spawning season will not hand
icap the button factories which
depend upon the mussel shells for
i"atei in I to keep them going, lie
states that pearling is carried on
now all through the year and that
l In1 proposed dosed season from
June 10 to September 10 will not
entail di.>a (vantage. On the con
trary it will ensure permanency
to the industry. Of late years the
demands on the mussels have
been more than it could stand, in
addiiion t" its ‘'prize package”
manner of yielding up pearls, the
shell nt the bivalve itself is of a
practical commerdal value. Hut
ton factories have also sprung up
al several points in Arkansas, and
Di. Myers is using his influence
in that way towards holding the
TIRFJD AND
WORN OUT.
Women Need
a constant supply of blood-making ma
terial or their systems will break down.
The complicated female organism is
so delicately adjusted as to be easily
thrown out of balance. As a result,
health and strength are affected by
divers diseases. Motherhood, family,
society all levy such drains upon her
strength that most women break under
the nervous tension. The demands
upon her nervous strength are much
greater than similar demands of the
opposite sex. Hence she must be sup
plied In greater measure with the ele
ment-iron—that gives strength. The
reason women feel tired and worn out
and suffer from headache, paius in the
back and limbs, etc., is because they
have used up their supply of iron.
Menstruation trouble is largely caused
by lack of iron.
Dr. Harter’s
Iron Tonic
supplies this element. It enriches the
blood and restores what strain has
used up.
Augusta, Ark., May 10,1901.
“After having sold Dr. Harter's remedies
lor thirty years X can cheerfully recommend
them. 1 might add that I
hold in special favor Dr. Har
ter's Iron Tonic, and would
recommend it as the very
best preparation ol Iron I am ac
quainted with. To weak, worn-out
women, and those troubled with nerv
ousness, poor digestion, and pale, thin
blood, I believe it to be a panacea.
“J. B. Wu.kerson, Druggist."
(WM iMftaiM list stove leshaoolal Is (ciulat.)
shells in this state. In 1)is town,
Black R:>ck, there is a button fac
tory which employs 100 hands and
uses about ten tons of shells dai
ly. The shells have been the ;
| means of disposing of whatever j
i surplus yield there might be, and
has also raised the price, so that
now pearl fishers ire no longer
obliged to grapple all day for
nothing in the hope of bringing
up a prize bivalve.
Dr. Myers does not believe it is
too late to enact the desired legis
lation, although he thinks the law
should have been passed before
thi*. There remain sufficient fam
ilies of mussels in the streams,
though rehabilitation, under the
protection of the law will probab
ly require several years.
I wo years ago the lit ick river
in Arkansas was the greatest pearl
yiclding ri ver in the United States,
hut its miles of sandbars were
worked by such an industrious
gang of fortune-hunters that near
ly every mussel was removed from
its bottom.
The Arkansas pearls have been
of a particularly line quality,
some of them far excelling the
oi ientul pearl, and pearl dealers
; in the United States, until they
saw the beginning of the possible
| end, have been happy. Now, j
| however, in view of the fact that i
| pearls are rapidly becoming more
i popular, and promise in the fu- !
ture to be the rival of the dia
mond, jewelers will i>e much af- |
| fected should the domestic pearl
j become a t are article.
As an indication of the pearling
i industry’s extent in Arkansas,
j Dr. Myers states that in the past
five or six years the clearings from
this source in the counties of Law
I rence, Randolph, Jackson and In
dependence exceed $1,000,000.
i This money has been turned over
and over thiough the channels of
trade. It came from an inexpen
sive source an I has been a bless
ing to the people. When crops
failed the farmers turned to pearl
ing and profited by it. The in
du.-try has brought many persons
out of debt. I)r. Myers i- pledg
ed to preserve it and lie is deter
mined to make proper efforts to
| that end. He was elected to the
legislature principally upon this
[ issue.
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Cotton Plant Marshal Kills Negro.
Cotton Plant, Nov. 10.—City
Marshal W. A. Pollard shot and
instantly killed Oscar Davis, color
ed, near here last Saturday night
jut 9 o’clock. Pollard was attempt
ing to arrest the negro, who was
under the influence of whisky, and
the negro attempted to pull his
1 pistol, but the plucky marshal was
j too quick for him. A pistol, a
; knife and razor were found on the
lnegro.
They Wouldn’t Hear Him.
Angie invited her young man lo
supper. Everything passed off
harmoniously until seven-year-old
brother broke the blissful silence
by saying :
‘“Oh, mu, yer oughter seen Mr.
lllaulc the other night when he
called to take Angie to the drill.
He looked so nice ^i111n" longside
of her with his arm—”
“Fred!" screamed the maiden,
quickly placing her hand over the
I boy's mouth
“You orto seen him,” continued
the president informant after
! gaining his breath, “lie had his
arm—’’
“Freddie!’’ shouted the moth
er, as in her frantic attempt to
reach the boy’s auricular append
age, she upset the contents of ihej
teapot.
“I waft only just going to say,” i
the half-frightened boy pleaded,
| between a cry and an injured I
whine “he had his arm—”
“Freddie!'’ thundered his fath
er, “leave the table ! ’
And the boy did so, exclaiming
as lie went, “I was only going to
say Mr. Blank had his army clothes
on, and 1 leave it to him if he did
n't.’’-Collier’s Weekly.
H. S. FISHER
FOR BARGAINS!
“Happenings? Local Interest. -
S. C. Beane transacted business
at Newport Monday.
\Y. R. Fatisel is traveling with
Drago & Cochran buying mules.
A daughter was born unto Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Magness last Fri
day.
The Newport Herald says that a
bank is being organized at Tucker
man.
There are 645 inmates in the
State Insane Asylum at Little
llock.
There had been 2,200 bales of
cotton shipped away from Newark
last Monday.
Republican prosperity means
wealth for the few and poverty
for the many.
A roster of the Arkansas State
Guard has been completed and
will soon be published.
Dr. II. G. Logan, the king bee
of Logan township, was attending
to business in town Saturday.
John \Y. Glenn, a prominent
citizen of Batesville, spent Satur
day here looking after business.
Superintendent Yates, of the
State Deaf Mute Institute, reports
that 211* persons were admitted to
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that institution up to November 1.
\V. R. Williamson transacted
business at Newport Tuesday.
Hills King deposited some mon
ey with the cashier Saturday to
extend his subscription.
Miss Archie Keizer returned
Monday evening from a pleasant
visit with friends at Sulphur Rock.
We will send you The Journal
and the Memphis Weekly Com
mereial Appeal both one year for
Si. 25.
lion. W. II. Langford, of Pino
Bluff, is being mentioned as a
probable candidate for governor
two years hence.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. (lire, of
; Dota, are rejoicing over the ar
rival of a nine-pound son, born
unto them Saturday.
W. R. Fa us id will buy mules at
this place on Saturday, November
22, and will positively pay the
| highest market price.
The Journal is in receipt of a
tabulated statement from the cen
sus office at Washington showing
the number of bales of cotton gin
ned this season up to the 18th ot
October. The report shows that
there were 2,4t>5 gins in active
operation in Arkansas; they had
: (finned 360,800 bales of cotton,
| which was estimated as hardly one
half of the crop.
Look over our clubbing list and
| see if there isn't some paper in
; the list you want. The long win
ter evenings are coming on and
you will need something to read.
M. E. Burt was transacting
business in town Saturday and
called and advanced his subscrip
tion six months and ordered The
Commoner sent to his address for
one year.
If the route of the proposed ex
tension of the S. M. & A. road
brings it any where near here we
hope the business men will make
a strong effort to get the road
through Newark.
A change went into effect on the
Iron Mountain Sunday. The pass
enger now runs to Silly more and
; is not due here on the return trip
until 5:40. It goes up earligr, as
j will be seen by reference to the
j time card in another column.
Hon. F. M. Martin has a pecul
iarity in the way of a cabbage
growing in his family garden. The
seed were sown in the Spring and
the plant transplanted and some
heads that were left standing
bloomed out and now have seed on
them.
Mr. and Mrs. John Barksdale,
! formerly of Obion county, Tenn.,
| are now citizens of Newark, hav
ing moved here the latter part of
last week. The Journal extends
i them a hearty welcome and assures
them that they coidd not have
, located among better people or in
a better country.
The upbuilding of Newark and
Independence county is the clieif
mission of The Journal, and in
this work we need the co-opera
tion of every citizen. If you arc
interested you can show your good
faith by subscribing for The Jour
1 mil, if you are not already a sub
; scriber, or by getting your friends
I to subscribe
The Arkansas Gazette says there
in talk in railroad circles that the
S. M. A A. road will be extended
from Pocahontas to Newport in
the near future. The proposed
route brings t ho road down through
I this county by Charlotte, crossing
i the Batesville road at Eller’s
switch, about a mile below here,
thence to Newport.
lien Brannan dropped in a few
days ago and “squared up’’ with
The Journal. In addition to his
own subscription Mr. Brannan
sends The Journal to his daughter,
Mrs. Sophie Thornhill, of Jasper,
Ala., but threatens to discontinue
her paper because she don’t write
to him any more since he began
sending her The Journal. She gets
till the news from the old home
but he never hears from her. We
hope the lady will take the hint
and write him a letter a yard long.
How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured bv Hall’s
Catarrh Cuie. K. J. Chunky .t Co.,
Toledo. (). We, the undersigned,
have known F. J. Cheney for the
last 15years, and believe him per
fectly honorable in alt business
transactions and tinancially able
to carry out any obligations made
by their firm West & Truax,
Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, ().
Wulding, Kim.an & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c, per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Hall’s Family Pills
are the best.
The Journal one year $1.
A METEORIC SHOWER
5hooting Stars That Have Been
Looked for so Long Tlay
Appear Tonight.
Din ing the lust three nights of
this week astronomers will watch
again for the missing Leonid
meteors which went astray, or
were first known to he astray, in
1889, and which have been vainly
expected on the evening of the
14th oi loth of November since
then. The possibility exists that
they may still put in an appear
ance inconsiderable numbers, hut
if there should be a great display
this year the majority of astrono
mers would lie as much surprised
as they were by the total failure
of the expected shower in 1899.
At the same time nobody whose
business it is to watch celestial
phenomena will dare to neglect
the vigil tonight and tomorrow
night because of the hare possibil
ity that the meteors may come af
ter all.
If '.hey, do, there will he a great
scramble to revise the calculations
by which the failures of 1899, 1900
and 1901 have been explained,
lhe belief now is that Jupiter
and Saturn drew the main swarm
of the meteois aside from their
previous path some time between
the last showers in 1806 and 1867
and the end of the nineteenth cen
tury. Hut there may possibly be
• mother swarm traveling in a par
allel path, which will meet the
earth this year. One unfortunate
circumstance is Unit the full moon
will be shining at tlie time when
the meteors are due, if they com©
at all. This would make the faint
onesinv silde. On theother hand,
many of the November meteors
are large and bright, and these
would not he much obscured by
the moonlight, The time to ho
on the watch for them is after
midnight tonight and Saturday
night. The ditectiou to lock is
toward the northeast, the appar
ent center from which the mete
ors radiate when they appear in
numbers, being the sickle-shaped
figure marked out by principal
stars in the constellation Lion.
Successful Hear Raising.
T. J. Robb of Bradford, \Y hi to
county, has perhaps the largest
pear orchard in Arkansas. He
owns the Oak Hill fruit farm,
which is well known over this sec
tion of the state. He has shipped
and sold over 2,000 bushels of
lveifer and Garber pears this Fall,
lie says it beats raising cotton.
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Eyes
Did Not Close Fop
Week.
Heart Trouble Baf
fled Doctors.
Dr. Miles’Iieart Cure and
Nervine Cured Me.
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than sleep ami rest. If these are denied you,
if you rise in the morning more tired than
when you went tubed, there is an affection of
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that direction, your weakened nerves will
soon so affect your heart’s action as to bring
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j so that sleep may come, and it quickly re
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“Some time ago 1 was suffering severely
with heart trouble. At times my heart would
seemingly stop beating and at others it would
beat loudly and very fast. Three to four
hours sleep each night in ten months was all
I could get. One week in last September I
never closed my eyes. I got Dr. Miles’ Nervine
and Heart Cure at a drug store in Lawrence
burg, after spending $300.00 in medi
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W. H. HUGHES, Fox Creek, Ky.
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