The Newark journal.
One Dollar Per Annum.
NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY ARKANSAS, FRIDAY APRIL 18, 1902.
Vol. 2 No. 16
TOUGHING INCIDENT
Governor Davis Endears
H imself to the Little
Deaf flutes.
' *sits the School For the Deaf and
Takes the Evening Heal at
Same Table With the
Children.
There has never been, perhaps,
in the history of the Arkansas
School for the Deaf a more touch
ing incident or one the present
date will find more interesting
than the following:
Governor Davis and the entire
board of state charities were the
invited guests at a dinner party
given by Superintendent Yates
one evening last week.
As 6 o’clock drew near, a look
of quiet festivity hovered over the
whole institute, and a suggestion
of pleasant revelry filled the air.
The teachers’ dining room had
been beautifully decorated with
ferns and violets, and many good
things were in waiting to please
the inner man, not to mention the
hungry woman.
Before going in to dinner the
guests stopped to see the children
gather for their evening meal.
Suddenly and involuntarily Gov
ernor Davis walked over and seat
ed himself with the children; nor
could any one induce him to the
dinner prepared for him and lie
took dinner with the children.
There was not a child in that
large dining room whose face did
not instantly become radiant with
unexpected happiness; not a
small heart that did not quicken
with joyful excitement at the
thought of entertaining, as their
own guest, the governor of Arkan
sas.
I ms act of (rownior Davis was
n simple tiling, quietly and unos
tentatiously done—the prompting
of a great and generous heart, th *
desire to make himself one with
the “least of these;" but such
deeds, far removed from the
smoke and din of polities, prompt
ed by no party reasons, go to
prove the real character of the
man recently elected by a wise
people to be governor of Arkan
sas. To be the first man in the
state is a great thing, but to reign
in the hears of children is a far
greater kingdom: and though ene
mies may revile and opposing ele
ments misrepsent Jeff Davis, of
one tiling he may be sure in the
hearts of the little deaf children of
Arkansas h * stands a monument
of unqualified excellence.
REV. DR. TALMAGE IS DEAD.
Washington, April 12.—Rev.
Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage died at
N:30 o'clock tonight, al ter a grad
ual decline of several weeks. The
funeral will take place Tuesday.
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Saved Many A Time.
Don’t neglect coughs and colds
even if it is spring. Such cases
often result seiiously at this sea
son just because people are care
less. A dose ot One Minute
(jougl: Cure will remove all dan
ger. Absolutely safe. Acts at
once. Sure cure for coughs,
colds, croup, grip, bronchitis,
and otheV throat and lung troubles
•*1 have used One Minute Cough
Cure several years,“says Post
master C. O, Dawson, Barr, 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 it”
The child re.l’s favorite- J- 1.
Sturdivant.
Pool Rooms Knocked Out.
Helena, April 12.—Mayor
Joseph C. Barlow vetoed the or
dinance passed by the city council
last Monday night, licensing pool
rooms. The mayor left the city
the day after the meeting, but
look care to file his veto measure
with the city clerk, so that the
ordinance should not become val
id through limitation. In his
message Mayor Barlow says : *'1
jam opposed to gambling in any
, form, and think the selling of
pools the most enticing game of
chance to all classes of men and
should lie suppressed. 1 am con
scientiously against licensing the
evil ana deem it my duty to veto
this ordinance.” The council will
not pass the ordinance over the
veto, as two of the old members
who voted for it have just been
succeeded bv two new ones who
are opposed to licensing the pool
rooms.
Wants To Help Others
“I had stomach trouble all my
life, ” says Ed w. Mehler, prop
lieu r of the Union Bottling
Works, Eiie, Pa.,“and tried all
kinds of remedies, went to sev
eral doctors and spent consider
able money trying to get a mom
ent’s peace. Finally 1 read of
Kodol Dyspepsia Cuie mid have
been taking it to my great satis
faction. 1 never found its equal
for stomach trouble and gladly
recommend it in hope that 1 may
help other sufferers.” Kodol Dy
spepsia Cure cures all st onmcli
troubles. You don't have to
diet. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure di
gests what you eat. J. I. Sturdi
vant.
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If you wish patent business
properly promptly done send it to
Swift & Co., opposite U. S. Pat
ent Office, Washington, P. (j.
They Lave n > dissatisfied clients.
Write them for their confidential
fitter; a postal cud will biing it,
..ml it may lie worth money to
you. See their advertisement
elsewhere in this haper.
INSPECTED THE EXTENSION
Batesville, Aoiil 11.—Messrs.
Rush'll ilarding, tliiid vice-presi
dont and general manager ; Cot
ter, general manager; Ilartigan,
assistant superintendent, and
Fisher, superintendent of bridge
construction of the Gould system
of i ail ways, made a trip ovet the
White River Railway today in the
private car of Messrs. Harding
and Cotter as far as completed,
and expressed themselves as very
well pleased with the line of road.
Messrs. Devoreux, Deunithorne,
Powell, Yancey and Reeder, of
this place, who are connected
with the construction ot this
road in various capacities, accom
panied them on the trip.
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Close Contests In Sharp.
The recent primary developed
some of the closesls contests for
county offices ever witnessed in
Sharp county. In the county
judge’s race the official count
gave the office to Mobley over
Phillips by only two votes. If
Judge Phillips had known before
the primary that he was a couple
shy of the nomination he would
no doubt done some real rustling
to nuke up the number C, D.
Ritchie defeated Arthur Sullivan
for clerk by only 1(5 votes. This
was Sullivan’s first appearance
before tlie people, and the result
showed that the peoble look upon
him with favor. Simpson defeat
ed Hail for surveyor by 13 votes.
Three such close races may not
lie seen in Sharp county formally
a day.—Sharp County Record
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$2,500 Fire in Pine Bluff.
Pine Bluff, April 12.—Mrs.
Georgia Forrest’s home a one
story frame building, at No. 1(504
East Fourth avenue, burned late
this afternoon. The loss will ag
gregate $2,500, with $1,900 insur
ance. The property was outside,
of water protection, and the
family was absent from home at
the time the tire occurred.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Items of Genera! Interest Gather
f-rom Four Corners of
the Union.
Steamers arriving at New York
last Sunday brought 4,102 immi
grants from European ports.
Twenty-seven of the Joplin
mines may shut down tempoarily
on account of an alleged over-sup
ply of ore.
A Cleveland, ()., man killed the
man of whom he was jealous, and
then stood over the dead body un
til an ambulance arrived.
Jacob Riis, who has been se
lected for governor of the Danish
W est Indies, says that newspaper
men should not hold political of
fice, and that he does not want the
place.
President Roosevelt will probe
the beef trust. The attorney gen
eral has instructed District Attor
ney Warner at. Kansas City to
proceed against the packers, and a
grand jury will be called to inves
j tigate the matter.
David B. Hill entertained the
Democratic Club in New York
Monday night, for the first time
since it became the real head
quarters of Tammany Ilall. His
presence is a signal of harmony
between the factions.
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AN ANTI-TED TRUST
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Reported to Have Been Formed
by Leading Republican
5enators.
| Washington, April 11.— It is
now being asserted more or less
openly by republicans that a com
b ■ , s been formed by republi
can senators io: the purpose of
preventing the nomination of Mr.
Roosevelt by his party in 1904,
and that the small antagonisms
shown toward Mr. Roosevelt that
have been croping out in the sen- j
ate for some time past, are results]
of that combine. Although this
antagonism has not been confined
to the committee on military af
fairs. it has been especially notic
able in that committee. It's ad
verse report on the nomination of
Capt. Wm. Crozier to be cheif of
Ordinance, with the rank of briga
dier genenal, was about the most
direct slap in the face yetadminis
tered to Mr. Roosevelt and the ac
tion of the senate upon that re
port, if it is acted upon, will show
to what extent the senate sympa
thizes with tne slap.
shot in Mis Lett l.eg
For fill kinds of sores, Ixirns,
bruises, oi other wounds Dr Witt's
Witch Hazel Salve is a sure curt*
Skin diseases yeild to it at once.
Never fails in eases of piles. Cool
ing and healing. None g< nuine
hut D« Witt’s. Beware of coun
terfeits “I suffered ior many
3ears from a sore caused by a gun
shot wound in my left leg,” says i
A. S. Fuller, English, Ind. ‘‘it j
would not heal and gave me much
troulule. f used all kinds of
remedies to no purpose until 1
tried DeWitt’s Witch IL*zel
Salve. A few boxes completely
cured me” ,1. I. Sturdivat.
Site Selected.
The Valley Button Company
has at last sclectet at site. It is j
near the old compress, close to!
the stable. Work will be begun
at once and it it hoped that the
factory will tie ready in a few
weeks.—N<;.vport News.
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About Jeff Davis.
J. B. Rutherford returned
from Little Rock this morning
and says that Jeff Davis is the
biggest man in the State.
‘‘The State house.” said Mr.
Rutherford, “was just crowded
with people congratulating the
governor on his nomination. i|
sent in my card, and tie first!
tiling I knew Davis came out in
his shirtsleeves and said.
“ ‘Say, Jim, you don t need any
card when you come to see me.
If the other fellow had been elec
ted you might have needed a
card, hut when you come to see ■
me, just walk right in, and hang j
your hat on the p“g and unpacki
your trunk.’
“Clark is also receiving nume
rous congratulations,"’ continue)
Mr- Ru'.liorfmd, “and the two
together are the most courted
men of the State today,”
Mr. Rutherford said that while
he was in Little Rock he was
told a story as to how Davis
poui ed livecoah on the head of the
editor of the Little Rock Deuio
ctat. According to Mr. Rather- j
ford, the following conversation:
took place over the telephone!
Neglect Means Danger
Don’t neglect billiousness and
constipation, Your liealtli will
suffer permanently if you do.
DeWitt's Little Early Kisers cure
j such cases. M. 1L Smith, But!
teruut, Mich., says“De Witt’s ]
Lit tie Early Kisers are the mo»t
satisfactory pills I ever took.
Never gripe or cause nausea.
«J. I, Sturdivant,
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The Choctaw Sold.
The vague rumors that have!
floated in from somewhere for the
last year or more that the Choc
taw Railway had been sold to an
other system, have at last merged
into a fact and that popular route
is no longer m the hands of the
original promoters.
President Francis I Gowan has
officially announced that tne
Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf rail
road has been bought by Speyer
& Co., of New York, and that a
price amouting to about twenty-,
one million dollars was paid for j
the road, which is nearly seven j
hundred miles long, being ahuoM
an air line from Memphis we-t to j
Armarilla, Texas, and prospecti
vely to Albuquerque, N. M.
it will in the future form a
part of the far reaching system
of the Chicago, Rock 1-laud &
Pacific, known everywhere a- the
‘‘Rock Island Route,” whose lines
beginning at Chicago, run through
the north west as far as Pott land,
Oregon, and the southwest to
Fort Worth, with numerous
brunches throughout the ceutial
west, reaching many important
trade centers.
The Choctaw will give this >
system a new territory long de
sired, and will no doubt end in a
development that will give it a
large part of the trade of the
Golden State.
THE ARKANSAS WORLD’S FAIR BUILDING.
when it was certain that Davis
was elected ■
"Is that the Democrat office?’’
“Well, tell Jim Mitchell to
come to the telephone
"Is that yon, Mitchell?’’
“Well, this is Davis. I simply
want to ask you to meet me on
the corner of West Markham
ami Main streets tomorrow morn
ing at halt past ten o’clock, for I
have hired a nigger to preach
your funeral sermon.”
Mr. Rutherford says that the
answer from the Democrat office
was not recorded.—Fort Smith
Times.
Once Upon A Time.
1’iohably few people know that
i'.e original name of the State of
Tcnnes.-e was Franklin, or that
in 1788 the salaries of officers of
the commonwealth were paid in
pelts, t>nt the following is a cor
rect copy of tlie law :
lie it enacted by the general as
semblv of the State of Franklin,
and it is hereby enacted, by au
thority of the sani, tint from
and after the 1st day of January,
I <88, the salaries of this common
wealth lie as follows, In-wit:
His excellency the governor,
per annum, 100 deer skins.
llis honor the chief justice, 500
deer skins.
1 ue secretary to ms excellency
tiic governor, 500 raccoon skins.
(J unty eler.t. 3)J bcivor .kins.
Clerk <>f l!ie house of com
mons, 200 raccoon skins.
Members of the asoeuihly, per
diem. 3 raccoon skins
Justice’s fee for serving a war
rant, 1 raccoon skin.
At that time ttie State of
Franklin extended to east bank
of the .Mississippi river and on
the west bank was that great un
known forest region of Louisi
ana. It was then a “terra incog
nita,” save a few canoe landings
and Indian trading posts on tlie
river banks. It was known as
the district of Louisiana, and in
1805 was made the territory of
Louisiana.
The State of Franklin which
became Tennessee in 1798, was
almost as little known. The now
great city of Memphis was a mere
trading post and was not laid out
is u village until 1820.
IVlts were pleuiiful in those
Jays as pennies, and much better
distributed for purposes of cur
rency and barter. The pioneers
were perhaps as happy and as
well contented as is the average
citizen now.—Arkansas Gazette.
Fatal Accident.
Hot Spiings, April 12.—Mrs.
James Mongivon, aged 02, was
run over and instantly killed here
today by a switch engine on the
tracks of the Little Rock and
Hot Springs Western, her head
being almost severed from her
body, ohe was on her way to
market with a basket on her arm,
and was in tin* act of crossing the
tracks when run down. The cor-j
oner ordered the arrest of the|
tiremun and engineer of the en
gine. but at the inquest this alter- j
noon evidence was given which
caused the jury to hand in a ver
dict of “unavoidable accident, not
due to any carelessness on the
part of train crew,” and the men
were released.
ARKANSAS BUILDING
Where Arkansas Visitors
May Feel at Home
in St. Louis.
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1 Description of the Building- Thr*
Will Honor Arkansas ai the
Great World's Fair
at St- Louis.
Tim Arkansas building at lie
Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
an illustra'ion of which is pre
sented herewith, will be one of
the most imposing in the group
of the state buildings on Art liili
in the World’s Fair site. The
plans for tho building have been
approved by the director of
works of the exposition, and it
''ill be the first state building to
be constructed. The plans call
for a building 150 by 150 feet,
with two wings 75 feet each, with
broad, sweeping verandas on all
sides, where visitors from Arkan
sas at the fair can rest in the
shade and enjoy the cooling
breezes that will sweep across
them, for the Arkansas building
will occupy a site on the highest
elevation in the fair grounds,
] and fretn it can be had a pan
oramic view of all the other ex
position buildings. The building
is to be constructed exclusively
of Arkansas material and labor,
and will bo all ready to be set up
when it reaches St. Louis
The main entrance to tho build
ing will lead to a reception hall
! 28 by 30 feet. The floor is to bo
of native wood, with an inlaid
border of light and dark wood
eontlasting ; a largo rug or foun
tain in the center. The walls a<*o
to lie tinted in dark, rich empire
green, with a deep bolder frieze
iiuiuui tmee ioei, uccoruiea oy
lmtul with boughs of apple blos
soms, (he state floral emblem,
glimpses of sky and cloud show
ing through. Facing the entrance
it is proposed to have a hand
some marble mantlepiece of Eu
j reka Springs onyx, light color
and highly polished. There is to
Ijo an open ti.eplace, with hearth
tiled with native marble. Over
the mantlepiece is to bo a mirror,
in front of which will be placed
a clock, the case made of irregu
lar Ilot Springs crystals, with a
large Hot Springs diamond, cut
and mounted, if possible, for the
pendulum. It is proposed to
have large photographs of noted
and picturesque Arkansas scenery
in frames of native wood, decora
ted by Arkansas artists in wood
carving.
NEGROES WILL RAISE $10,000.
The colored board of directors,
Arkansas world’s fair movement,
met in Little Rock recently and
adopted working plans.
W. E. Joshenberger, of Fort
Smith, was chosen chairman of
the heard. An advisory council,
composed of some of the state’s
leading colored men, was appoint
ed, and plans are now on foot to
raise $10,000 among the colored
people of the state to be used in
the Arkansas exhibit.
The colored people of the state
appreciate the fact that they have
as fair a showing as the colored
people in any other state, and
they have gone to work with a
vim to make a creditable exhibit
at St. Louis next year.
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Going To Dallas in a Body.
Ozuk, April 12.—Fitzhugb
Lee camp 1141 met today, and
the who'e camp agreed to attend
tiie Dallas reuiron, Miss Eula
Wallace was elected spousor and
Misses Wal Fieemaii, Flora Col
burn and Lotia Curler maids of
bonor.
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For nice furniture in sets, or iu
single peices call at Magness Bros.
They also have a nice lot of
lounges and couches.
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