The Newark Journal.
PUBLISHED IN THE FAMOUS WHITE RIVER COUNTRY. WHERE ALFALFA IS KINO
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, May 22, 1908
Vol. 8. No. 22
NO SPECIAL SESSION
OF THE LEGISLATURE
No Quorum Present in Either
House or Senate
After Two Unsuccessful Attempts to
Open For Business, Members
Vote to Adjourn Sine Die
The Arkansas legislature failed to
convene in special session at Little
Rock last Monday in pursuance to a
■call issued by Speaker A. H. Hamiter
while he was acting governor, and. as
a result, there will be no extra session.
Noon and afternoon sessions were
held by a few members of both houses
but there was not a quorum at any of
the sessions. •
The senate met as a mass meeting
of senators in the afternoon, and,
adopting a resolution recognizing
Acting Governor Pindall’s power to
revoke Speaker Hamiter’s call for an
extra session, agreed to disperse and
return home.
Enough senators were in Little Rock
to more than make a quorum, but
they refused to attfend. With the ex
ception of Senator J. H. Hamiter.
brother of Speaker Hamiter of the
house who issued the call, none of the
•senators expressed any desire to go
into extra session.
With the one exception, all the ex
pressions made were to the effect that
the senators were opposed to the extra
session. >
/
raaen session or me senaie.memogrs
lasted about fifteen minutes.
The house showed an inclination not
to adjourn until a quorum could be
obtained. The fact that there was not
a quorum in the lower branch caused
surprise, as it was believed there
would be a quorum in that branch.
There were forty-two members present
at the noon session and forty-seven at
the second session. Fifty-one are re
quired for a quorum.
Speaker Hamiter presided at both
sessions of the house. The noon ses
sion lasted but a few minutes. The
roll was called, a serjeant-at-arms
appointed and adjournment taken to
2 o'clock. The afternoon session last
ed fully an hour and a half, during
which many members delivered spirit
ed speeches in which different views
on the subject of an extra session
were jfiven.
A vote to adjourn sine die was taken
and carried.
Speaker Hamiter is quoted as say
ing that there were interests in Little
Rock who apposed the session,,and
that he was at a loss to understand
what influences were brought to bear
upon some of the members to keep
them away and thereby break a quo
rum. The interests referred to, it is
said, are those of the penitentiary and
the whiskey houses. The latter feared
the lejfislatvre would submit the ques
tion of state-wide prohibition. The
penitentiary convict lessees, it is said,
feared the legislature would interfere
with their contracts.
However, there was no possibility,
it is claimed, that either question
would have, been presented at the extra
session.
TO STOP SNEEZING
Many people are embarrassed by un
* * <sonstrainable fits of sneezing in pubr
. lie places, which make them very con
spicuous. An exchange says it can
. be easily stopped by just firmly press
ing upon the middle of the upper lip
with the linger which causes the tick
ling sensation in the nose to disappear.
Tiie theory is that a nerve, which
plays an important part in the sneez
ing, lays under the lip, and is par
alyzed by the pressure on the lip.
OF INTEREST TO DEMOCRATS
The National Democratic Congres
sional Campaign Committee has lie
gun active operations at its head
quartes at Washington, D. C. In ad
dition to its regular work, ft is now
preparing a campaign hand-book
which it hopes to have ready for dis
tribution by J uly 1—two or three
months earlier than heretofore.
The committee is charged with the
-duty of assisting, in every way possi
V
ble the election of a Democratic (,'on
gress. We wish the active co-opera
tion of every voter in the Enited
States who believes, with us. that the
election of a Democratic ( ’ongress
would greatly benefit the country. We
must rely upon the people to sustain
our work by giving information as to
local conditions, and suggestions for
our guidance.
Each individual can at least aid us
bv making a contribution. Will he
not do so and interest others in help
ing us, too?
We wish our campaign hand-hook
distributed as generally as possible,
and we will furnish a copy, as soon
as published, to every, one who con
tributes to our Committee.
Send remittances to me at Wash
inton. D. C. .1 AMES T LEOYED,
t hairman.
HAVE YOU LOST YOUR GRIP?
Prominent Writer Says That is Cause
of a Great Many Failures
Most of the people whom I have met
who are down in the world, or talent
ed people who are doing' mediocre
work, have lost their grip. And what
does that mean?
It means that they have lost con
fidence in themselves. No man loses
his grip until he loses faith in mmself.
The grip and confidence of uV>st peo
ple follow their moods. If their cour
age is up, if they feel well, their grip
is firmer: hut the moment they get a
little discouraged, or have a fit of the
“blues,” they lose their grip, and are
soon way down.
Now, the well-trained man pays very
little attention to his moods, except to
show them that he intends to lie master:
that he does not propose to throw
a wax a good day's work just because
he does not happen to l>e in the right
mood. When lie goes to his work or
store in the morning, he goes there
determined to do a solid day’s work, to
give his best: and the' result is that,
after a while, moods have very little
to do with him. After he has con
quered them a few times, and shown
himself master of his mental condi
tions. his mind falls into line with his
resolution.
People who are victims of their
moods never amount to much, because
they are never masters of themselves.
They never know when they start out
in the jnorning whether they are going
to do a day's work or not. If they
“feel like it,” they will: if they do not,
both the quantity and quality of their
work will be lowered.—O. S. Harden
in Success Magazine.
BETHESDA BRIEFS
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Bethesda, May 1!>.—The closing ex
ercises of the Bethesda High School
took place last week from Wednesday
to Saturday. In being too wet for
farm work, nearly all our |»eople and
many visitors from Sharp, Stone,
Izard and Jackson counties were pres
ent, and the house was filled to its ut
most capacity almost every day and
night. Everybody says Bethesda has
a bright future, educationally. ilTen
Nights in a Bar Room” was played
Saturday night, after all the other ex
ercises were over, an admission fee of
ten cents being charged, and the re
ceipts were al»out $20. The Washing
ton string band furnished music for
the entire closing exercises.
Dr. I). E. Evans and Ed W. Six
took a three day outing last week,
hunting in the Wilson Hills near
Guion. They went by land, taking
their dogs, horsefeed and their own
food except meat, vowing they’d eat
none unless they captured it. They
returned Wednesday with a good ap
petite and showing no signs of founder.
* Mrs. J. G. Allbright and children
of Cave City are here visiting the
lady’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. J.
Bell.
Dr. A. A. Evans attended the state
medical association at Little Rock
last week, returning Sunday.
Dr. D. E. Evans reports smallpox
raging near Graham, Mrs. Bob Kim
mer being real bad off.
Mrs. George Brooks was right sick
last week, but is reported betteK
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NEWARKER WRITES OF
TRIP TO PACIFIC COAST
Sketch of the Points of Interest
Noted Along the Way
Boundless Priarie, Mountain Scenery,
Snow Storm, Sunshine and Flow
ers Greet Traveler’s Eye
Editor Journal: With your permis
sion I will write a little description of
ray journey, as I promised un
friends, and as I cannot write to each
one singly, I will take this method of
writing to the-m.
On the morning of the 2tith of April
I started with a great long ticket that
would take me to Long Beach, Cali.,
situated on the Pacific coast. The first
thing of interest was the storm track
above Batesville where lots of timber
was blown down along the road.
Up White river into Missouri, one
can see mountain secenery that Colo
rado can’t laugh at very much. We
went through one tunnel in Arkansas
feet long and another .'5,2<MI feet
long. I got to Carthage. Mo., about
8 o’clock that evening, and after wait
ing' a few minutes, took a train for
Kansas City, where I arrived next
morning near 8 o’clock. There is
some as fine farming land, as nice
orchards and pretty homes as one
could wish to see near Kansas City.
At 1<> a. m. we got a train to Pueblo,
Col. Out into Kansas we sped along
side beautiful wheat «md alfalfa fields
as tar as the eye could see on both
sides of the road, with now and then a
spare left for corn, where t could see
three and four horses to the plow.
Nice homes and orchards dotted the
count r\\ here and there with windmills
on every farm. We traveled through
that kind of a country all day. An
old man got on the train that day who
said he was going to Oregon. I asked
him what he was leaving this fine
farming country for. He said the
wind blew so hard he could hardly
stand up. 1 thought if that country
had no drawbacks that the hills of Ar
kansas was not in the push when it
come to farming.
When I awoke the next morning, the
scene was changed to a boundless
prairie. Hour after hour the train
ran through scenes unchangeable.
After awhile I could see the snow
capped mountains rise in the distance;
settlement began to get a little thicker,
mostly dug-outs, except at the stations
along the line.
There were two or three Arkansas
men on the train and we heard they
were looking for us at Pueblo, having
heard we were coming, and were going
to meet us at the depot with a brass
band and have a banquet in honor of
our passing through their city, but
from some cause they did not meet us
From Pueblo we took a train to Salt
Lake City. About four o’clock that
evening we got to Canon City where
the state peniteutary is located. After
leaving there we went through the
famous Royal Gorge where there is
just room for the Arkansas river to
run through, which is 8 to 1(1 feet wide
here. They had to blast off thesides of
the mountain for the railroad track.
Everybody rushed to the windows to
see the high mountains on either side.
It is said that part of them rise over
.'1,000 feet perpendicular in some places.
I suppose it was a mile or two before
we got through. It was such a crooked
route the train would meet itself com
ing hack. It commenced snowing on
us there and by the time we made the
ascent of ten thousand four hundred
and sixty feet above sea level, it was
snowing hard, and there ievcles on the
watering troughs six inches through.
Whew! how I did need my forgotten
overcoat!
ii was uara wutn we got 10 rsanua
another important point along the
line in Colorado. We went through
part of Nevada next dav and into
Utah.
Those snow-capped mountains are
not as I exueeted to see them. I ex
pected to see them Hat on top with
timber growing on them hut they look
more like a pile of cement poured out
than anything else. They are sharp
topped, like the steep hip-roof of a
house. Most all I noticed were too
*
steep to climb, and bare of vegeta
tion.
It would l>e too tedious to describe
all the country ( saw, but will say T
saw cattle ranches, hoy ranches and
sheep ranches but as the Irishman said
to the fellow who went to him to bor
row a monkey wrench, I never saw
any monkey ranches. That evening I
got to Salt Lake City, and it lteing
only 4 o’clock p. m., I strolled about
through the city. As you know, Brig
ham Young's monument is here, also
the Morman Temple and the taber
nacle, also the famous Salt Lake which
is fourteen miles out from the city.
The railroad crosses it, and it is said
to be gradually drying up.
Our next train was to Los Angles.
We traveled next day through val
leys from 50 yards wide to two or three
(Continued on page 4)
STATE NEWS ITEMS
Short Items of I nterest Gathered Fresh
From the Daily Papers
The creamery at Stuttgart pa id out
$2,837 for milk during the month of
April.
John Bennett fell into the Arkansas
river at Fort Smith Saturday and was
drowned.
C. F. Fausel was killed by lightning
during a storm at Wild Cherry one
day last week.
Henry Chapin fell dead from heart
failure while standing on the depot
platform at Cove a few days ago.
L. R. McNeill, who lives near Ben
ton, was struck by lightning during a
storm a few days ago and instantly
killed. ‘ "
Sevier county, Arkansas, is said to
contain the largest peach orchard in
the United States. It covers more
than J.ooo acres.
The depot at Magnolia was destroy
ed by a lire Friday night, entailing a
loss of about $2,500. The fire was
caused by the explosion of a lamp.
II. L. Remmel of Little Rock was
elected president of the Arkansas
Bankers Association at the recent
meeting ot the association held at Hot
Springs.
During a heaving rain at Greenwood
Thursday the Banner mine was Hooded
entailing a heavy damuge. There
were 100 acres dug out, which was en
tirely tilled, and it is estimated that it
will take four months pumping to re
move the water.
In the federal" court at Texarkana
John London, a Fort Smith attorney,
was convicted on a charge of perjury,
alleged to have been perpetrated in
connection with the entry of a tract of
government land in Polk county, and
was sentenced to four years in the
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan.
Two masked men entered the home of
Casper Bicker, an ex-Federal soldier,
who lives about four miles from Main-1
moth Spring and after gagging and
binding him so that he could neither
move or make outcry, proceeded to
ransack his home. They secured
about $25 in cash and a pension check
and then proceeded to scatter his
household effects all over his front
yard.
SMALLPOX AT SALADO
John Tarwuter, of Salado, has a
well develop'd case of smallpox.
The report that there was a case of
smallpox at Salado reached town yes
terday and The Journal called up
Dr. L. E. Reeves over the telephone
and he verified the report.
Dr. Reeves said there was no doubt
that Tarwater had a well developed
case of smallpox, but said that Tar
water had been placed under strict
quarantine and he .thought there was
no danger of the disease spreading.
FOR STEALING SHOES
Sheriff Dunlap came in on the local
Wednesday afternoon with Barret^
Morrow, who was caught at Newport
on a warrant charging him with steal
ing a pair of shoes, valued at$*>, from
(.'has. Hanks. Barrett plead guilty
before Justice Holmes and was fined
$10 and costs and one day in jail. He
carried the shoes to Newport and
traded them off.—Batesville Guard.
7 PEOPLE DROWNED ON
PLEASURE EXCURSION
White River Claims Victims From
Party of Pleasure Seekers
Gasoline Launch Caught Fire and
Overturned, and Only 7 of the
14 Aboard are Saved
Clarendon, May 20. Seven persons
were drowned and seven had a narrow
?seape from death when a gasoline
launch burned at 9:30 o'clock last
night on White River, a mile and tb
half below this city.
The party consisted of prominent so
ciety people, who had gone out for a,
pleasure trip down the river. There
were 14 in the boat, which left at 5:30
p. m. They went as far as Aberdeen,
a point 12 miles below town, where
they spread supper.
They were returning home merrily,
all unconscious of danger, when in
some manner gasoline was spilled on
one side of the boat and immediately
caught lire.
This terrified the ladies of the party
and there was a rush to the other side
of the boat, which overturned the
[•raft and threw all into the /water.
The river is about 100 yard* wide
where the accident occured in the mid
dle of the stream, which was running*
high and the water is 40 or 50 feet
deep.
The utmost confusion reigned and
several of the party, being unable to
swim, almost instantly sank to a.
watery grave.
The dead are:- Miss Lillian Win
field of Clarendon: Miss Alma Peete,
of Covington. Ky.: Miss Mattie < 'founts,
Clarendon; Miss Bessie Palmer, of
Kansas City; Miss Ellen Burton, of
Helena: Dr. A. L. Houston of Claren
don and Joseph McManns of Claren
don.
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
The Batesville District Conference,
M. K. Church. South, will be held at
Mountain View the 23 rd to 2fith of
.Tune. Bishop K. R. Hendrix will bo
present and preside. This will Ikj
the first time in twenty-five years that
a bishop has presided over the deliber
tions of the conference, the last being
the conference held at Batesville in
1883, which was presided over by
Bishop Granbrey.
The conference will doubtless be a
very pleasant and profitable one for
those who attend.
The delegates from the church at
Newark are C. M. Kdwards, F. M.
Martin, I). C. Dane and John Austin.
The alternates are R. R. Ratton, T.
.1. Raney, R. T. Magness and J. M.
Magness. Lay leader, E. W. Mag
ness.
HINKLE HAS NOTHING TO SAY
Ex-Senator John A. Hinkle was on
the streets Friday, the first time in
about two weeks, hating l>een confined
a this home suffering from nervous pros
t ation. He is feeling better and hopes
in a few days to be able to look after
his business affairs. Upon «being
asked about the recent indictments
against him in the Pulaski circuit
court growing out of the alleged bood
Hng in the legislature- of Mr.
Hinkle stated that he has no state
ment to make at present more than
that the news of the indictment camo
as a complete surprise to him. He
will go to Little Ro^ic in a few days to
look into the matter.—Batesville
Guard.
PLEASANT HILL POINTERS
Rev. G. L. Fink filled his regular
appointment at Logan Sundav.
W. L. Lane and family visited
Squire Fetzers Saturday night and
Sunday. ^
Troy Barber filled his regular ap
pointment Sunday evening. Something
doing now.
Mrs. Bertha Adams has been very
low tlie past week, but is some better
at this writing.
The Childrens' Day exercises have
been put off till the fourth Sunday in
June, on account of measles and
whooping cough in the community.