THE NEWARK JOURNAl
Published Every Friday
0. F. CRAIG, EDITOR AND PUBLISHEf
Entered nt the post office at Newark
Ark., as second class mail.
COVERING A $2.25
HOLE WITH $1.75
The editor of the Sharp Countj
Record has developed such t
grouch that half the time he can’1
see the sun when it is shining.
He pretends to believe that The
Journal would have the state tax
rate increased every year, because
we said that the cost of administer
i ig the state government is in
creasing. Any man with enough
sense to keep out of the insane
asylum knows that such a propo
sition as that is worse than absurd.
But Coger has got more sense
than he pretends to have, and he
could not convince us in a year
that he really believes we think
that, or that we have ever advocat
ed such a thing.
Ever since the Record’s bubble
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gaged in worshipping Joe T. Rob
inson, that paper has been sending
up such a pessimistic wail about the
rate of taxatfon that one would
think Coger is paying taxes on
s ime ten or fifteen million dollars
worth of property.
For several months the Record
has been unable to see anything
but a gaping, yawning, black,
empty hole in the state treasury,
through which state offcials have
baldly and unblushingly swiped
the peoples’ money and squander
e l it as defiantly as though they
were a conscienceless gang of
pirates and buccaneers.
As to the Record’s statement
that “increased assessments of
property have kept pace with the
growth of the state’s expenses,’
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we agree with it, and we repeat,
1 as we have time and again, that
if the tax rate had not been de
creased, the state would now have
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a substantial surplus in the treas
ury.
If the Record man will take his
old stub pencil and make a calcu
lation of what the state has lo»t in
the last seven years by reason of
the one-half mill reduction in the
state tax rate, then, if he isn’t as
blind as a bat and a candidate for
a berth in a home for the feeble
j minded, he will readily see why
there is no money in the stale
treasury.
Evidently the Record has never
learned that a man cannot keep
his cake and eat it too, and that
the state cannot spend money it
does not collect, without going in
debt.
We refuse to believe that even
so good a financier as Coger can
collect a dollar and six-bits and
buy two dollars and a quarter’s
worth of groceries with it and
still have money left. And yet he
Imwk hrmnsp Arkansas don’t do
that very thing.
The Record complains that some
of the richest states in the union
have a lower tax rate than Ark
ansas. That is very true, and if
the Record will investigate a little
I it will find that in those states
property is assessed at its actual
lvalue, instead of about one-third
its value, as is the case in Arkan
i sas.
And yet when a proposition was
I submitted to do that in Arkansas
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—assess property at its actual val
ue and decrease the tax rate—the
Record fought it with all the ven
om at its command and denounced
it as the most unjust proposition
that had ever been before the peo
ple of Arkansas.
The trouble with the Record is
that it doesn’t know its own mind.
Ready For The
Fall Business
I have the greatest and best stock of
merchandise this fall that I have ever
had. There are so many bright, new,
fancy and serviceable goods that I am
at a loss to know what to call your
special attention to, but I want you to
Come and See for Yourself
I liuarantee to Make the Price Right
as Well as the Quality
I have ’em all baekpd off the board when it comes
to New, Nobby and Up-to-date goods. My stock
of Shoes, Dress Goods, Cloaks, Skirts, etc., is
RIGHT UP-TO-THE- MINUTE, and you will find
that you can save money by trading here.
Our Grocery Department
1 his department is where you save money the
year round, and you will find that this is still the
RIGHT PLACE to buy Groceries, when it comes
to PRICE and QUALITY
numerous to mention, and the price is always
right. Weights and measures guaranteed. I want
your business on a FAIR and SQUARE basis.
Trade here and save money. You can do it.
}. G. EDWARDS
Newark, Arkansas
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It starts out to howling about
something and before it realizes
! it, it has taken right the reverse
course to what it intended to take.
Better get rid of that grouch,
Coger, its going to give you a bad
reputation if you don’t unload it.
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\cORN CLUB &OYS
POINT THE WA Y
Twenty-four hundred Arkansas
Corn Club boys raised this year an
average of about 50 bushels of
corn to the acre, according to in
formation supplied by the govern
ment demonstration agents. There
were many yields of 60, 70 and 80
bushels and some of 110, 115, 125
and 130 bushels.
And we should remember that
the average yield of corn in Ark
ansas is around 20 bushels to the
acre.
These Corn Club yields point
the way to great things for the
future; for they show how pro
duction can be increased writh the
methods which are being used
with such success by the 2,400
boys of the clubs.—Arkansas Ga
zette.
At the recent annual convention
of American meat packers in Chi
cago, the executive committee re
ported that the steady diminution
of live stock has now brought the
supply of cattle far below the de
mands of the home market. Dif
ferent speakers suggested, by way
of relief for the situation, that
every small farmer raise at least
two beef cattle a year; that more
corn and less cotton be raised in
the Southern States, in order to
supply feed for cattle and hogs;
and that the hills of the Northeast
ern States be made beef-producing
regions. The convention voted to
spend $100,000 a year for five
years to stimulate the cattle-rais
ing industry.
We notice an article in the Mel
bourne Times headed, “Please
Pay Up ” We wonder what that
Rube wants with money.
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Oii Trough Leaks
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Oil Trough, Oct. 13. - W. A.
Daniels raudeville show exhibited
at the upper school three nights
last week.
A. Z. Shipp and family were vis
iting Mr. Griffith and family Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor were
presented Sunday night with a
fine girl.
Zed l iriftith was right sick a
few days the first of the week hut
is better now’.
Mrs. M. 0. Aydelott came home
Tuesday from Searcy where she
had been attending the fair.
C. C. Churchwell of Searcy came
in Tuesday to visit his little son,
Gus, a few days.
L. L. Ellison has bought a fine
gasoline boat from C. M. Miesen
hiemer. The boat is well rigged
iup for pearling and Mr. Ellison is
offering to sell at a bargain.
Oran Brown and J. S. Smithee
went to Elmo Monday.
We had a fine week for cotton
picking, losing only a half a day
from rain. And our gin is kept
pretty busy.
Mrs. J. L. French of Hutson left
Saturday for Tulsa, Okla., to visit
her daughter, Mrs. Kelley Gibson.
Bill Hunt left Tuesday for Little
i'cul'k 'Lo' be' a 'wifnesTin fetferal
court.
Here is the Oil Trough gin crew’
all polite and accomodating, ask
ing a share of your patronage.
Zed Griffith proprietor, J. L Out
la w’ weigher, Bert Massey ginner,
C M. McCauJey engineer, J. C.
Outlaw packer, and J. W. Eaton
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If you have a farm for sale list
it with the Henderson Real Estate
Company.
Goods are Here!
Our Stock of New Fall and
Winter Goods is Now in
and Ready For \our In
spection. Call and see them
We have a full stock of EVERY! MING
needed to fit up the EN I IRE FAMILY
for Winter wear. These goods were
selected in St. Louis by our own buy
er personally, and were bought at the
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We are now agents
for and have in stock
the ceebrated Live
Model Kabo Corsets.
CALL FOR A KABO
VERY CLONES! KRISES udiaiin
ABLE, and we are sure that a visit to
our store will convince you that we
are prepared to serve you in a most
satisfactory and economical manner.
JUST ARRIVED
A Car of Hunt’s Best Flour
Made of new wheat
MOORE BROS.
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
You Will Be Interested in Our Prices
DRUGGIST GIVES
MONEY BACK
Dodson’s Liver Tone Gets a Four
Square Guarantee From the
Newark Drug Company
When an article is sold a drug
gist who is willing to give it his
personal guarantee, it’s a mighty
strong proof of real merit.
That’s exactly the case with
Dodson’s Liver Tone. It is apleas
ant-taSting, vegetable remedy for
a slow and sluggish liver. Since
Dodson’s Liver Tone came on the
market the sale of calomel has
gone ’way down. The reason is
simply this: Dodson’s Liver Tone
is safe and harmless and guaran
teed to be satisfactory—Calomel is
often uncertain, sometimes dan
gerous, and no druggist wants to
guarantee that it won’t knock you
out of a day’s work and maybe
send you to bed.
The Newark Drug Co. sells Dod
son's Liver Tone and guarantees
it. For you and for your children,
it’s a good thing to keep a bottle
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always in the house.
The Newark Drug Co. will give
you your money back if you think
Dodson’s Liver Tone is not worth
the price. “Keep your liver work
ing and your liver will not keep
you working,” is good advice to
by. (Adv)
FORMER PASTOR WRITES
Editor Journal. My last visit
to your town was necessarily sad,
and in haste One by one the old
guard is being honorably discharg
ed from service here and entering
into the life of Eternal rest. A
good man has gone from all the
circles in which a good man moves,
and his place will remain vacant. I
met many, many old friends, who
seemed really glad to shake my
hand, and they were.
Newark looks fine in her new
shoes, and the good work should
go on till the whole town has been
shod in good, nice, white footwear.
The walks are superb. Now let our
people build a new brick church,
and honorGod with the best house
in town. The old church was pro
jected in 1888, when Uncle John
, Tomlinson gave the two lots it oc
cupies. Twenty five years is about
about the average life of a build
ing of its kind. It has housed our
people quite well for the past, but
is not adequate for the present,
nor for the future. God’s house
should be the best in town.
Cordially,
Jas. F. Jernigan.
Imboden, Arkansas.
FARM FOR SALE
Good upland farm of 69 acres,
55 acres in cultivation, 2^ miles
north of Newark, in good neigh
borhood, near church, school, R.
F. D. and on rural phone line.
Good four room box house, good
log barn, fine well water, small
orchard and plenty of timber for
home use. All under good fence,
and will be sold at a bargain. For
price inquire at The Journal office
or see owner, A. R. Watts.
RUB-MY-TISM
Will cure your Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in
ternally and externally. Price 25c.
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You Need No Introduction to
This Store
Nor to the standard of Quality that prevails here; nor to
Our Policy and Our Prices. Wise people trade at our store
because they not only receive courteous treatment and a
Square Deal, but their dollar will buy a full 100 cents
worth every time it is spent at this store. If this policy
appeals to you. come in and see if we don’t prove it.
We appreciate your business and you will find a welcome
and a square deal here every day in the year.
I BUY CORN, HAY, COTTON SEED AND ALL KINDS OF
AND PAY THE HIGHEST CASH
The biggest and most comfortable store in Newark, and you are
cordially invited to make this your headquarters when
you come to town, whether you buy or not
PRODUCE,
E. E. ALLEN’S BIG STORE
“Everybody’s Friend”
N :WAkK, ARKANSAS