One Dollar Per Annum.
NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY APRIL 25, 1002.
Vol. 2 No. 17.
GENERAL news notes
Items of General Interest Gather
From Four Corners of
the Union.
The interstate commerce com
mission holds that tail ways have
im right to deny to shippers the
choice of routes over which to
ship their goods to the East.
Something in the nature of a
rupture in the Modern Woodmen
of America occurred in the meet
ing at Nevada. Mo, A number of
Missouri camps propose an inde
peudent move.
(Jovenor Dockery commends
the democrats of the lower house
cf Congress for their winning
light against the sugar trust and
which he interprets to lie the
opening gun of the campaign
Rebuhlicau leaders in the
House have declared that the ef
fect of the Morris amendment to
tlie Cuban reciprocity hill is to
remove the counter-vailing duty
on sugar, as well as the differen
tial. It is argued, on the other
hand, that it this lie true, the de
fect in the bill as it stands may
easily be remedied by another
amendment. It is predicted by
some statesmen that the hill will
he allowed to die in tne Senate
com mittee.
Neglect Means Danger
D m't neglect billiousness and
constipation. Tour health will
suffer permanently if you d<>,
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers cure
such cases. M. 15. Sniih, But
ternut, Mull., says" De W itt's
Little Early Risers an* the mu-t
satisfactory pills i ever took.
Never giipe or cause nausea.
J. I, Sturdivant,
A Pointer Tor Inventors.
If you wish potent htn-iness
|»*•,ijit-i'1 promptly done ml n to
>Wlft iC ( !>., oppo.-ilc l . S. I’.tt
ti'l Office, Washington, I). «
Tlmy l ove n > di-sati-fied client». J
\\ tile tlleHl for t heir conti lent i.al
!■ tier ; o puftal curd vviii h: in*; il.
, ud it may he worth money to
\mi. See their ad vcrtisemcut
elsewhere in t hi- h iper.
Wants To Help Others
“ [ Im i stomach trouble all my
life, ” coys K hv. Mehlcr, prop
lietvr of the Union U.(tiling
Works, K ie, l’.i.,**amJ tried all
hinds of remedies, went to sev
eral doetors and spent consider
able money try inn to get a mom
ent'- peace. Finally l read of
Kodoi Dyspeps a Cmn and have
been taking it to my great satis
faction. 1 never f<~u:id ils equal
for stoma'di trouble and gladly
recommend il in hope t hat I may
help other suffeters.” Kodoi Dy
spepsia Cure cures all st munch
troubles. You don’t have to
diit. Kodoi Dyspepsia Cure di
ge-ts what you cat. .1. I. Sturdi
vant. _ _
Three Children Killed.
Arkadelplna, April U».—Thr
jifleinoon four little girls were
playing on a pile of logs at the
Mound Ci'y sawmill, about live
miles front here, when the logs
rolled over, killing three of the
girls and injuring ti.o forth so
badly that very little hope is en
tertained for her recovery. Tim
ch ldren are not related, which
causes sorrow in loui families,
Their names have not yet been
learned.
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Sudden death at Bentonville.
Beiitoiiville, April lh. \\ ill
Hindi man. a prominent railroad
man heie, was found dead at his
home in this city this morning.
His death was sudden and the re
sult of a severe hurt he received
i„ a i ail road wreck some weeks
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TWO HEN KILLED AND ONE
VVOriAN WOUNDED.
Trouble Arose Over a Partnership
Fence and One Man Shoots
11 is Brother-in-law
and Sister.
DeWitt. April 18.—Yesterday
a fearful tragedy occurred six
miles east of this place, in which
two men. Henry Hill and 15. F.
Dillion, lost their livrs, and the
life of Mrs. 15. F. Dillion, is al
most despaired of.
Henry Hill and his brother-in
law, 15. F. Dillion, were owners
cf adjoining farms, and had had
some trouble about a cross fence
between the;r places.
Yesterday afternoon Hill, who
is addicted to drinking got
drunk, took his Winchester rifle,
went over to Mr. Dillion's called
him cut on the front porch and
shot him down.
Mrs. Dillion, who is a sister to
Hill, ran out of the house to her
husband, when Hill shot her
through t In- body.
Walter Dillion. a son of the
murdered man anda n°phe\v of
Hill, ran up just as Hill shot his
mother, and lie shot Hill twice
with a Winchester, killing him
instantly.
Mrs, Dillion is still alive, but
in a precarious coudilion.
Dillion was a good, inoffensive
old man and an ex-Confederate
soldier. IIis untimely death i>
much regretted
Hil' was a hard drinker, and
tim «is M Chi/^n Is tKlft,
Walter Dillion is a young man
amt a good citizen. All parties
are white.
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Saved Many A Time.
Don't neglect coughs and ‘olds
t ven if it i* spring. Such cases
often result setiously at tiii- sea
son just because pcople arc care
less. A dose of One Minute
Cough Cure will remove all dan
ger. Absolutely safe. Acts at
once. Sure cure for coughs,
colds, croup, grip, bronchitis,
and other t broat and lung troubles
”1 have used One Minute Cough
Cure several years/'says l’ost
ma-ter C. < >, Dawson. Harr, III.
“It is the very best cough medi
cine on the market. It has saved
me many a severe spell of sick
ness and I warmly recommend il”
The children’s favorite- J. J.
Sturdivant.
Wasted Benevolence.
Congress has voted Mrs. .Mc
Kinley a pension of $5,<>00 per
annum. There was no pretense
that the lady needed aid ; on the
| contrary, it is well known that
she comparatively rich, posses
sing a fortune of several hundred
thousands of dediars. It is dilli
cult for anyone who still believes
in the discredited theory that all
persons are equal before the law
m this country, to understand
why the people should ha taxed
to add to the wealth of the weal
thy, while there are many thous
ands ot good people suffering for
want of the necessities of life,
and some millions who cannot af
ford ordinary comforts. But we
are drifting rapidly away from
the principles that unde this na
tion great, and are preparing to
imitate the class distinctions that
dominate humanity umlci politi
cal systems, hostility to which
give this nation birth, and
I growth and greatness. Those
who need pensions and deserve
them should have them, and no
body will object. To pension
any others is totally inexcusable.
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Mrs. Henry Rhodes, of Sheri
dan, was severely burned one day
l ist week whili burning trash in
the \ aid.
TIIE VOTE OX SENATOR
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Clarke’s Majority Over Senator
Jones is 9,698 Popu
lar Votes.
Complete official returns have
been receded train seventy-four
ont of seventy-five counties ivs to
the vote on United States sena
tor in the Democratic primaries
on March 2d, with tho following
result:
Clarke,.61,333.
Jones,.51,635.
(larke's majority. 9,698.
The official vote of Scott county
is not yet in.
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Shot In Mis Left Leg
For all kinds of sores, burns,
bruises, orotiiei wounds DeWiti's
Witch Hazel Salve is a sure-cure
Skin diseases yeild to it at once.
Never fails in cases of piles. Cool
ing and healing. None genuine
! hut DeWitt's. Beware of coun
• erfeits "I suffered lor many
\ ears from a sere caused by a gun
shot wound in my left leg,” says
A. S. Fuller, English, Ind. “It.
would not heal and gave me much
troulole. 1 used all kinds of
remedies to no purpose until I
tried DeWitt’s Witch ll-zei
Salve. A few boxer completely
cured me” J. 1. Sturdivat.
Suicidal Shot.
Mrs. Blum h Gordon, the wife
of Jim Gordon, proprietor of a
small store and restaurant on the
corner of Beech and third streets
ami Lake Avenue, was found
dead on the Hour ol the appart
iiieut to the rear of the store,
Friday about one o'clock p. in.
Two shots had been hearu m that
neighborhood one houi previous
and as a revolver lay near the
fallen form of the woman, it i.
reasonable to suppose she was the
victim of her own suicidal mten
lions.
One ball had entered the chest,
!ml the other had probably miss
ed the mark, t! e husband being
away at the time of the awful
happening. The two were mar
tied hardly two months ago, and
no reason is known for the deed.
-Newport I ndependent.
lias Read the Bible 117 Times.
Ambrose S.Ottey of Cecil coun
ty, Maryland, who is a veteran
blacksmith, thirty-three years ago
began a systematic reading of the
Bible, amt has siicceed.nl in ar
ranging an odd classification of
its contents. After reading
tluough the holy book 117 lime
he knows how many t imes certian
words and letteis appear; how
many chapters and censes there
are; names that spell the same
both ways ; peculiar passages of
scripture; the middle book,
chapter, verse and line and other
facts.
He says if yon want to read the
Bible through in a year you can
do so in an interesting and in
structive manner by reading three
chapters every week day and live
on Sunday. Or read two in the
Old and one in the New Testa
ment every week Uay and six in
the Old and four in the New
Testament everv Sabbath, and
you will then Dave read the Old
Testament once and the New
twice in the year. He has confu
ted the number of verses amn
mencing with the various letters
of the alphabet as follows : a,
12.038 ; b. 3,207 ; e, 183 ; d, 17i ;
e. 207 • t, 1.707 ; g. 200 ; h, 1,1*51 ;
i, 1.410 ; j, 158 ; k. tin : 1. 411 ; in.
437 ; ii, 0(!1 ; o, 502; p, 110 ; <p 1 ;
r, 127 ; s, 1.088 ; t. 5,28J ; u, 81 ;
v, 37 ; w, 1.30(5 ; x, none ; y, 33b ;
17. lie has ascertained that
the Bible contains 1,180 chapters,
31,108 verses. 773.007 words and
3.506,480 letters.—Baltimore
American.
UEOIIHE S. HAWTHORN!
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(rives The Journal a Few Interest
ing Facts About Farming
Implements.
Geo. S. Hawthorne, traveling
representative of the Kingmar
Plow Co., of Peoria, 111., spenl
Monday in the city in the interesl
of his company and gave a .Jour
nal reporter some interesting facts
in regard to the Kingman Southern
cultivator and the Klondyke sulk.v
breaking plow. Mr. Hawthorn*
is a very clever gentleman and an
interesting conversationalist and
seemed to delight in answering
the many questions tired at him
by the man with the pencil.
The Kingman cultivator, ol
which Griffith Morrow have
sold quite a number this spring,
is of the very latest pattern and
commends itself to the farmer who
raises different kinds of crops,
planted in rows of different widths,
as he can move the gangs to suit
any width rows, which is a great
advantage in plowing small plants,
as the shovels can be set to run
close to the plants without any un
j necessary exertion on tin' part of
the operator. Another advantage
this implement posesses is that the
inside shovel can be raisedasmuch
as three inches higher than the
outside one, which is a graat ad
vantage in the cultivation of cot
ton. The inside gangs can, also,
be entirely removed and thus the
cultivator may be used for laying
oil rows or plowing out grassy
middles, two at a time. In fact, it
seems to be a well-nigh perfect
caml » 111 v uiiuiicimA lim li
to any farmer who will take tin
time to thoroughly investigate it's
many good points. This fact i
demonstrated by the large num
ber of them sold by Griffith ds
Morrow this spring. This is tin
core remai kable when we takein
.o consideration that Mr. Griffith.
1 to use his own words “couldn't
tell a man which end of a cultiva
tor to hitch onto" when they be
gun selling these implements at
the beginning of the present season.
THE RED MAN’S COUNTRY.
To the Editor of The Journal.
Will you please give me space
i in your paper to say a few word*
to my friends in Logan and Big
Bottom townships concerning this
I country {
1 have been here 15 months anc
am well satislied. This country b
so far ahead of Arkansas that J
thank my Master that I had mean!
and strength enough to make tin
change. This is a nice, beautifu
country, and a tine farming conn
try. The soil is black and ret
sand and is adapted to corn, oats
wheat, cotton, potatoes and gardei
truck. There is but little cottoi
raised in this section. There b
lots of corn raised. This is a cat
tie and corn country, and ourdail.\
music is the low of the cattle.
Boys, it you want to farm conn
to the Chicasaw country. \V<
cultivate 60 acres to the team here
Corn makes an average of 40 bush
els to the acre, cotton 000 pounds
oats 50 bushels and wheat 25 bush
els.
Health is good; the undertaker:
and doctors are all broke.
()ur trading place is Norman
j Okla. 1 live on the south side o
Canadian river and within tw<
miles of the Oklahoma line. Wt
have church every .Sunday, aiu
good schools, both summer am
winter. Yours truly,
(J. M. Morris.
Newcastle. I. '1'., April 19, 190:
Narrow Escape.
J. W. Burncs, of Black Hock
had a narrow escape from deatl
one day last week. lie was walk
ing near a burning tree in tin
held when the tree fell, a portioi
of it striking lam.
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SOME CHANGES TO BE HADE
IN THE DELEGATING
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Will be Three New Filers in the
Congress,sional Crowd From
Arkansas Besides the
New Senator.
The Atlanta Constitution reach
es the wrong conclusion when il
says, in a recent issue :
‘■'flse Arkansas democrats have
declared for u new deal of the
congressional pack. They onl\
left the joker in tlie game—the
gallant and effective Din-more.”
It is true there will be three
new faces in the next congress
ional delegation from Arkansas.
But in no case where new mem
bers entei have the old public
servants been supplanted against
their will. At present Arkansas
is represented in the lower branch
of cougiess by six members.
Under the reapportinnment the
state gets an additional member.
Four of the six present represen
tatives will be returned. The
other two, Messrs. McRae and
McCulloch, voluntarily retire,
after long and honorable'service
j in the congressional harness.
Messrs. Dinsmore, Brondidgp,,
| Reid and Lit'le have beer renom
inated by the Democrats ot their
respective districts and will ho
re-elected next Novembnr. The
three remaining disliicts will
send new ni nr la the First dis
lriot the primaries on March 29
did not settle who shall represent
that bailiwick. The Denuicraliq
convention at W ynne on June lb
will decide between Me.-srs R. '}.
Macon, F. (Jr. Tuvloi and Kugene
j Fairish. In the other two the
j new men are Messrs. R. Minor
j Wallace and Joe T. Robinson.
The voluntary retirement of
.Messrs. McRae and McCulloch
will make Me. Densmorethe dean
of the Arkansas delegation. He
is now serving his tifth term in
the house and will be chosen next
November for his eleventh and
j twelfth years in that body.
| Judge Little is at present serving
I his fifth full term.
| The present Arknsus delega
tion is one of the strongest 1 1 the
! house and the stepping down and
out of its two oldest members in
point of seivice will be felt teui
| porarily. but the new material,
added to that part of the old
which is left, will prove that
Arkansas i> resourceful.—Cassette
Nominees Uor the Legislature.
Little Rock. April 'i\.—Ail ac
curate lift of tho Democratic
1 nominees for the lower branch of
the Aakansus Legisla iute shows
1 that twenty-four members of the
last House have been renomina
ted. In each case the nomination
is equivalent to the election in
September next. Already there
are signs of a lively contest over
(he speakership when the legisla
tuie convenes next January.
Beyond any doubt both branch
es will be organized by the fol
lowers of ex-Uovenor J. P.
Clarke, the successful eandi late
i for United State Senator. In
I the event that .John Ike Monte
, |of Helena consents to enter the
I speakership race, Ins chances
> J would no doulit he excellent.
> | Other strong men who are tnen
[itioned as possible candidates are
['ll. Iv. Toney of Pine Bluff, J, M.
put rail of (jteene County, T. B.
j Parks of New Lewisville and
- John 11. Keel of Newport.
The next House will consist of
ninety-eight Democrats and two
Republicans. Searcy and New
i ton counties are impregnable Re
publican territory, while the
> other seventy-three counties in
i the State are just as reliably De
mocratic.
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Happenings of a Week Oathereu
From Various Parts of
the State.
The big cotton factory at Mon*
I'ieollo hail up steam last week, i
1’lie manufacture of cotton goods
i » il< commeneesoon. This is one
j of the finest cotton factories in
ihe South. The Montioello cot
ton oil mills, which has been run
ning two .seasons, is being offer
' <‘d two for one of its stock. The
stockholders of this institution
have certainly had a run of good
limit.
Last Thursday afternoon J. A.
Ikittr.v, Jr., of Pea Ridge was
t urningground for corn and plowed
up a real den of cannon balls.
He lifted them out of their earth
en bod, one by one, untill he had
fitly of these missiles of death by
his side. This being the Pea
Ridge battleground, no doubt they
were buried there in 1S(52 now
forty years ago. They are a
great curiosity, and are valued as
mementoes of that awful contest
of ’t>0 to ’65.
Bentonville. Tom McMullin,
who lives at Rogers, committed
suicide Wednesday afternoon
about 5:150, by shooting himself
through the head with a 44 Colt’*
revolver. I he deceased, who was
a discharged soldier from the
Philippine Islands, has been in
very bad health for a long time,
and had jtst returned from Hot
Springs, where had hoped to get
relief. It is stated by his friends
f 4 Uo mo.' .*.«4T —- — •> — *
different diseases contracted in
the Philippines, and he had lost
all hopes of ever regaining his
former health, that caused him to
take his life.
Killed By The Cars.
Ibmvillo, April 21,—J, L. Cros
| I»y, ii prominent citizen of Dun
; \ ilie, left here Sunday, April 13,
with fourteen car-loads of cattle,
j hound for Iloldenville. I. T.
' After arriving at Iloldenville, he
started down to a place called
Mound to meet a cattle buyer, to
whom he was expecting to sell his
cattle. Mound is a small station *
j and all trains do not stop there.
This train, however, slowed up
I for Mr. Crosby to get off hut in
I the hurry to get off he slipped
and feli in between tne cars and
the platform of the station and
was killed instantly.
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The Democrat s Revenge.
The Little Rock Wind-Bag gets
even (!) with the cross road week
lies by cruely cutting thee. r. w.'.w t
off it's list. The outfit that runs
I the old windy bladder are no doubt
wondering why the particular ob
jects of its spleen don't suspend.
1 Jetf Lav is might have been guilty
of some exonerations during the
campaign just closed, but lie didn't
misrepresent tin' Kvening Wind
Bag.- Beebe Bulletin.
DOTA DOTS.
Weather dry and hot.
Health good at present.
A good rain would do no harm.
,1. L. llurrclson made a flying
trip to Newark Monday’
Lots of people are done plant
ing corn and some have commen
ced to plant cotton’
11. A. Cier visited his father
and mother Saturday and Sunday
j and returned to Newark Monday.
Mrs. A. B. Ilarrelson and
daughter, Miss Nora, visited rel
atives here Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Mary Young, of Newark,
attended the funerual services of
Mrs. Witt at this place Sunday.
Rev. J. L. Brown tilled J. 1.
Martin s appointment here Sun
day and preached the funeral of
J Mis. John D. Witt.