I
♦John D. Witt has been filling
the position of city marshal dur
ing Marshal Pascoe’s illness.
Col.V. Y. Cook, of Elmo, spent
Saturday in town and attended the
meeting of the Confederate Veter
ans.
Nice live-room house and two
lots near Christian church, for
Kale at a bargain. Craig *.<: Hen
derson.
Some |>eople are so much like
circus bills that it don’t require
much money to cause them to be
stuck up.
Editor Wilkerwon of the Bates
ville Bee was in town the latter part
of last week, attending the district
conference.
1*. H. Harris, of Charlotte, was
in town Saturday and reports
crop prospects very good in his
neighborhood.
J. W. Matthews, a good citizen
of Paroquet, wes transacting busi
ness in town Saturday, and sub
scribed for The Journal.
J. E. Shipman, who lives a few
miles north of town, was a pleas
ant caller at The Journal office
Saturday and reports crop pros
pects tine in his neighborhood.
The Newark baseball team went
down to play Newport Thurday
afternoon of last week. The game
resulted in a victory for Newark,
the score being nine to live m our
favor.
Saturday's rain was the heaviest-,
that has fallen in this immediate
section in several weeks. Good
rains have fallen all around us, but
this was the first- big min we have
had here in some time.
The town authorities have built
a sidewalk along the south side of
Front street, and now if they will
drain that pond out of town The
Journal will promise to give them
a rest for a while at least.
Tall^to your neighboos about
'The Journal, and if they do not
take it, try to induce them to sub
scribe. To live a newspaper must
hav e good paying subscribers, and
we are doing our best to give you
your money's worth.
The local paper is supposed to
print all the news, but if the pub
lisher printed all the drunks,
scraps, family rows and scandal he
hears of, what a howl there would
he. You never know the value of
a newspaper until you want some
thing kept out of its columns.
Then the editor is the best fellow
in town.
Thomas W. Smock, alias .John
A. Foster, \sms arrest 'd at Mat
toon, III.. h,v Post-Office Inspec
tors Glenn and Allison on the
charge of robbing the post-office
at Minturn, Ark., dune l.‘>. lie
is charged with stealing $'■%'> in
money and 20u blank money or
ders which he tilled in and passed :
upon merchants.
A Sulphur Rock doctor tells
this about one of his recent pa
tients: A man called at his office,
staled his ills, and the doctor
wrote a prescription and handed
it to him. The patient then in
quired the probable cost of getting
it filled and was told about tit) cents
would pay the bill, lie then ask
ed tin* doctor for the loan of that i
amount, and the doctor, scratch
ing his head, drew a line through
several parts of the prescription
and then handed it to the patient
saying, “now you can get it filled
for about a dime. Those I scratch
ed out were for your nerves but 1
see you don't need anything tor
them.”
PREPARE MILITIA
FOR ENCAMPMENT
Men Will be Required to Bear Part
of Their Own Expenses at the
World’s Fair.
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Mnj. (ion. \V. IT. I lay nos, com-|
mantling tho Arkansas state guard,1
is ongagod in completing arrange
ments for the encampment on tin*
World's Fair grounds at St. Louis
during the week beginning Sep
tember l!> of the provisional regi
ment which was announced last
week. The attention of the com
manding officers will be devoted
chiefly during the next few weeks
to properly equipping ami drilling
the twelve companies chosen to
represent the state at tin* World’s
Fair. (ien. Haynes will issue or
ders from time to time, governing
the recruiting of men from neigh*
lx>ring companies and other de
tails connected with the prepara*
tions for the encampment.
An order has been issued from
headquarters giving information
in regard to the pay and subsist
ence of the officers and enlisted
men of the company during the
week's encampment. It states
that officers and enlisted men will
receive tin* same pay and allow
ance as troops of the regular army,
but in addition to this they will be
required to pay 55 cents per day
for subsistence and one regular
admission fee to the exposition
grounds, this being made neoessay
by thi* fact that no provision is
made by the state for the expenses
of tin* encampment.
ANOTHER LIAR TREED.
The editor of The Newark Jour
nal must have got his drinks mix
ed last week. In mentioning the
series of ball games played here,
his paper stated that the Newark
team won two out of the three
games played, when in fact the
\ ellvi 1 le team won every game
and the $100. Yellville Kcho.
"1'he Journal never said any
thing of the kind. Newark lost
all the games and The Journal so
stated. It is therefore plainly ev
ident that it was the editor of the
Keho who had his drinks mixed,
instead of the editor of The Jour
da I.
Here is what The Journal said,
copied word for word from our is
sue of June 17:
“N i:\VA UK DKFKATF.I
‘•The Newark baseball team arrived
home Wednesday night from Yellville
where they played three games. Mon
day. Tuesday and Wednesday. Mon
day's game resulted in a disasterous
deleat, the score being t> to 1:2 in fav
or of Yellville. Tuesday the score
stood a to r> in favor of Yellville, and
Wednesday, after a battle royal of hi
innings, Newark was again defeated,
but this time by only - to
Now, Mr. Kcho, who had their
drinks mixed, the Hcho or the
The Journal* There's a lie out,
and its up to the Kcho to say who's
the daddy of it.
5anta Ke Blames Saloons.
The Santa He railroad has decid
“Two years ago my hair was
falling out badly. 1 purchased a
bottle of Ayer’s Hair Vigor, and
P soon my hair stopped coming out.”
Miss Minnie Hoover, Paris, III. '
Perhaps your mother
had thin hair, but that is
no reason why you must
go t’ - • ;h life with half- I
starved hair. If you want
long, thick hair, feed it
with Ayer’s Hair Vigor,
and make it rich, dark,
and heavy.
J1.00 a bottle. All druggists. i
If your druggist cannot supply you,
send us ouo dollar and we w ill express
you a bottle. He sure and give the name
of your nearest express office. Address
J. C. A YEK CO., Cowell, Mass.’
ed that all the trouble existing be
tween that road anti its men at Al
buquerque, X. M., is caused by
two saloons on property close to
the repair shops of the company,
and the elHcials of the road have
decided to purchase the property,
destroy the saloon and build neat
cottages for the use of the em
ployes.
No Pity Shown.
"For years fate was after me
continuously” writes F. A. Gull
edge. Verbena. Ala., "1 had a ter
rible case of piles causing 24 tu
mors. When all failed Buckler’s
Arnica Salve cured me.” Equal
ly good for bums and all aches
and pains. Only 2bc at J. 1.Sturd
ivant’s Drug Store.
£_, , t_
Preacher Kills himself.
H. C. Summers, school teacher
and Baptist preacher, forty-two
years old living six miles east of
Eureka Springs committed suicide
by swallowing carbolic acid. Tem
porary mental aberration, due to
domestic trouble, is the cause as
cribed.
Five years ago Mr. Summers,
while under a similar influence,
made a desperate attempt to kill
himself by cutting his throat with
a razor. Some time previously he
had parted from his wife and lo
cated in Oklahoma, whither his
wife, latter, followed, and the first
attempt was made soon thereafter.
! Again the couple separated and
j Summers finally returned to Car
roll county. hi* wife following a
few weeks ago.
Croup,
Is -i violent inll munition of the
niuciub memhr.me of the wind
pipe, which some, imes extend to
the larynx :md hionehial tidies;
and is one of tlu* most d nis;enms
diseases of children. Ii almost
always comes on in tin* night,
(live frequent small doses of Bel
laid" Hoielioimd Syrup and ap
ply Ballard's Snow Liniment ex
ternallv to the throat. 25c. 50e
and $1.00. Sold by J. I. Sturdi
vant.
George Kinder Killed.
Corning, Ark., .Inly 9. George
Kinder, who lives nine miles north
of Corning, was instantly killed
Friday night by his gun being tir
ed accidentally. The top of his
head was blown off. lie was re
turning from a hunt and as he
came into the front yard the gun
got tangled in grapevine and ex
ploded, killing him instantly.
Big Fire at Portland.
Portland, Ark., duly 8.- Port
land was visited by a S4d,000 tire
at 2:2)0 o'clock this morning. The
lire started in the storehouse of d.
K. Duerson, occupied by G. 1\.
Berry, and soon spread to the
hardware store of \\ . K. Bean.
The three-story hotel, owned by
Mrs. Gaines, later caught lire, the
second and third stories being com
pletely destroyed. the losses and
insurance1 arc us follows:
\V. K Dean. $80,000 insurance'
s-jo.ouii; (i. K. Berry, s i.non on
stock, insurance' $1,500; Mrs.
Gaines, $8,500 on hotel and furni
ture. insurance $:*,500; Dr. A. E.
Cone, $1,500 on library, instru
ments and drills, insurance $5on;
,). H. Duel-son. $>s00 on building,
no insurance.
At tin' present time it is not
known how the lire originated.
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thing that ever was made i> Dr.
King's New Life Pills. These
i pills change weakness into
strength, listlessness into energy,
brain-fag into mental power.
They’re wonderful in building up
the health. Only 25e per box.
Sold by J. I. Sturdivant, druggist.
Buy your mortgages, deeds and
legal blanks at The Journal office.
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ALBERT MATTHEWS
HANGED THURSDAY
Murderer of Ed Yount Expiates His
Crime on the Gallows at
El Dorado.
El Dorado, Ark., July 7. Al
bert Matthews paid tho death pen
alty here today for the murder of
Ed Yount in Deeendier,
When visited in jail hero this
morning he said lie rested well last
night. He said he killed Yount
in self-defense and that he was
ready to die; that he had no fears,
for he had made peace with his
Maker and would soon lie in Para
dise. Matthews talked in a self
possessed and calm mauner, ex
hibiting not a show of fear or
emotion in his tone or actions. He
seemed perfectly resigned to his
fate.
At 1<»:10 this morning Sheriff
Pendleton led the condemned man
from his cell to the gallows in the
northeast corner of the jail. Mat
thews was not the least excited and
stepped on the trap door without
prompting or assistance. The
black cap was put on, the noose
ad justed, he bade the sheriff good
bye. the trap was sprung and at
lt>:l4 his body shot through the
doors to the room below. He died
without a struggle: not a muscle
moved, his neck was broken, and
at l<>:oO l)rs. Hilton and Pinson
pronounced him dead.
I Lis body was removed to the
sheriff's office on the lower floor,
where it was viewed by several
hundred persons, both white, and
black, who came to town, each one
thinking1 lie might be one of the
twenty-five allowed to witness it
under the law. lie was buried
this evening in the negro cemetery.
Matthews was raised in Desha
county, Arkansas, and was thirty
years old last February. 11 is fa
ther. mother, eight brothers and
one sister are living in the same
county. 11 is wife lives at Dermott.
None of his relatives was pres
ent at the execution nor at the
funeral.
history of Tin: cm mi:.
The crime for which Albert
Matthews paid the death penalty
was for killing Iul Yount, a white
subcontractor, who was working
a railroad crew on the K1 Dorado
and Bastrop extension of the Iron
Mountain in Decoin her, 1P02. Mat
thews and Yount had some hot
words and the negro went to the
head boss and told him he didn't
want to work, as he could not get
along with Yount, but the head
boss thought the matter would be
smoothed over and told the negro
to go on with his work.
A short time after he resumed
his work Yount and Matthews got
near each other and a second alter
cation took place, when Matthews
shot Yount three times with a oS
calibre revolver.
Indigestion.
With its companions, heart
burn, tintulenco, torpidity of the
liver, constipation, palpitation of
the heart, poor M hhI. headache
and other ervous symptoms,
sallow skin, foul tongue, offensive
moatn and a legion of other ail
ments, is at once the most wide
spread and destructive malady
among the American people. The
llerbine treatment will cure all
these throuhles. 50e a bottle at
,J. 1. Sturdivant’s drug store.
Arm Cut off by Circular Saw.
Osceola, Ark., duly U. Glen
Matthes, an employe at a saw mill
north of here, lost his left arm
yesterday by coining in contact
with a circular saw.
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Craig & Henderson write life
insurance for the strongest old-line
company in America—the Equita
ble.
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Everybody’s money looks alike
to us, be ye friend or foe. Whiting.
The Newark Journal
O. F. Craig, Editor.
Assessor’* Notice.
Notice is hereby given that, I will
attend in person, or by deputy, at the
i usual voting places in the various
! townships In Independence county,
Arkansas, for the purple of taking*a
list of the personal property of each
resident of said township and the per
capitia tax of such as are liable to pay
same for the year 1!X>4, on the days
and dates specified below:
Liberty township, Floral, Friday,
July 1.
Fairview township, Pleasant Plains,
Saturday, July 2.
fairview township, "Pleasant Plains,
Monday, July 4.
Salado township, Salado, Tuesday,
July r>.
Salado township, Rosie. Wednesday,
July li.
Christian township, Smith’s school
house, Thursday, July 7.
Christian township, Oil Trough,
Friday, July 8.
Oil Trough township, Elmo, Satur
day, July t*.
Big Bottom township, Newark,Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday, July
11, 12 ami l.'t.
Budded township, Batesville,Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday, July 14, 15
and lb.
And at my oflice in Batesville July
17 to 28, al ter which time all persons
failing to list will he subject to a pen
alty.
You must assess in person. Each
! person will have to swear to Ids or
her,assessment, and each person will
i be required to give number of school
district. School Directors will please
furnish list of tax-payers at precinct
on first day of assessment.
.1A K E MAGN ESS, Assessor,
independence County, Arkansas.
GEORGE E. GROSSER,
Notary Public, and
Dealer In Real Estate.
All kinds of blank deeds, trust or
warranty, kept on hand, prepared and
acknowledgments attested. Deposi
tions taken. Pension work a specialty.
(&/' Office in Pest Office Iluilding.
J. C. LEWIS,
Contractor and Builder.
Plans, Specifications and Estimates
Cheerfully Furnished.
.lob work of all kinds neatly and
promptly done. Satisfaction guaran
teed. Saw tiling a specialty.
Shop South of .Journal Office.
J. W. HODGES,
Physician and Surgeon,
Office at Sturdivant’s Drug Store.
Residence Phone No. <>4.
I CALLS ANSWERED PROMPTLY.
DR. YV. P. LAWTON
Otter!' itis professional services to the
citizens of Newark and vicinity.
Diseases of Women and Children
a specialty. Office in the Racket Store.
Residence formerly the .Jake Magness
place. Residence phone HU; office lb.
M. P>. Owens F. M. Owens
OWENS & OWENS,
Physicians and Surgeons
(Mice adjoining
Sisk (Sc W illiamson
Magness Arkansas
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