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Announcement.
We have just received 38 boxes of our mammoth Spring and Sum
mer stock, which is complete in every department. Our Spring and Sum
mer Dress Goods, Embroderies, Laces, Shirt waists, Skirts, etc., are
great novelties. Our Shoe and Slipper stock is very large.
Our Clothing Department is immense and we cordially invite our
many friends and patrons to give us a call, whether you buy or not, and
look thorugh our enormous stock and low prices.
Thanking you for your liberal patronage in the past, and soliciting
a continuance of the same, 1 am
YOURS FOR BARGAINS,
FISHER
THE JOURNAL,
PUBLISHED WKKKLV,
OSCAR F. CRAIG, Editor.
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TELEPHONE NUMBER 49-4.
FRIDAY, JUNE (5, 1902.
From the Indian Territory.
Mu. Editor :-Tlie whe.it crop
here is good ; oats are lint*: hut
the farmers have got the blues.
We are in the weeds bad. It ha<
been raining off and on for six
weeks. Old settlers say they
never saw so mm h rain in this
country before.
Mr. Editor, those empty wheat !
heads you don't understand a*c
defeated republican heads from
Oklahoma ; hand them to G. F. j
Grosser
llow about Morg Drennen'si
corn crop, and how are the horse
weeds in il ? Has Bill Prince been
‘•snake-bit V’ I heard he bud been
taking an anti-snake bite remedy.
Boys, Jeff is a bitter dose, but
swallow h in, where there i- so
much bitter there must bo a little
sweet. \\ e have no candidates
here and are proud of it.
G. M. Mounts,
Newcastle, I. T., May 31,
Mrs. Laura M. Quails.
Mrs. Laura M. Qualls, aged 72,
died at the homo of her son-in
law, Thompson Waits, one mile !
west of Sulphur Rock, Monday
aftet a prolonged illness from
paralysis. She was a native of
Tennessee, but came to Arkansas
in 1873. Nine children survive
her, three daughters and six sons, i
She had been a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
North, for a number of years and
was u devout Christian, llor re*
mains were hurried Tuesday even
ing at the Sanders graveyard.
Disasterous Fire Destroyed Three
Fine Business Houses.
Was Discovered in the Building Occupied by John
M. Martin o: Co., and Completely Gutted
Three Fine Brick Buildings, Entail
ing23Thousand Dollars Boss.
About 4 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing slumbering humanity was
rudely awakened by an alarm
of tire. People jumped out of
bed, hurriedly drew on a few
clothes and made for the scene of
the conflagration at. a d:fo gait, to
find that the beautiful row of brick
buildings on Front street occupied
by Griffith & Morrow, dno. M.
Martin & Co,, W. T. Mag ness'
saloon and S. ('. lleano was being
literally gutted by the ravaging
flames.
John Iloklerby discovered the
tire and gave the alarm. 11c had
start ed down to his butcher shop
to open for the early morning
trade, and before reaching the
business portion of town noticed
a column of black smoke ascend
ing, as he supposed, near the Mag
ness saloon. He hurried to the
scene and saw the flames were just
bursting through the top of the
wooden awning in front. Taking
in the situation at a glance, lie
made a run for the town bell and
gave the alarm.
When the lire was first discov
ered by Mr. Iloklerby it was burn
ing on the outside about the front
door of the building occupied by
John M. Martin <k Co. A plank
walk reached to the center of that
building, and some iiend in human
form had doubtless saturated the
walk and woodwork of the build
ing with coal oil and applied a
match.
A crowd soon gate-red after (lie.
alarm was given and set to work
with a desperate effort to save
everything possible and prevent
iho spread of the lire, and while
some were carrying out and piling
up great stacks of goods in the
streets from the adjoining stores,
others were making an heroic ef
fort to check Uie onward march
of the devastating flames.
The columns were knocked from
under the wooden awning that
spant'd the entire front of the
buildings and a number of men
climbed to the roof while bucket
full after bucket-full of water was
passed up and applied to l ho roof
in an endeavor to cheek the flames.
Fortunately the roof of the
building occupieed by S. (J. Beane
was kept so wet that that building
did not burn. It was badly dam
aged, however.
The buildings all joined with no
entervening space, which made
the lire harder to control.
A Journal representative called
on each of the unfortunate firms
burned out and secured tin* follow
ing statement of their losses:
Griffith A Morrow: loss, $0,000;
insurance, S-I.boo.
Jno. M. Martin & Co.; loss,
*1,(00; insurance, $2,700.
W. T. Magnets: loss. $4-,."»00; in
surance, $2,*2r>0.
S. C. Beane; loss, $l,h.X); fully
covered by insurance.
W. A. Edwards; loss, $3,500;
insurance, SI.bon.
Griffith A Morrow saved prac
tically nothing; John. XM. Martin
A Co. saved absolutely nothing;
\\ . T. Magness saved nothing, hut
S. (’. Beane was fortunate enough
to get almost everything out of
his building.
The building occupied by Grif
fith & Morrow was owned by \Y.
A. Edwards. 11 is loss, over and
above insurance, is at least $2,000.
i The building occupied hy John
M. Mart in A Co. was owned joint
ly by \V. T. Magness and W. A.
Edwards. I^oss on the building,
over and above insurance, $2,Of mi.
The budding occupied by Mag
ness' saloon was owned by Mr.
Magness himself and the loss on
the, building is included in his pre
vious statement.
The loss on Mr. Beane's build
ing is about $700, while his stock
was damaged at least ijisoo.
Griffith A. Morrow will resume
business as soon as a suitable build
ing can be procured, Mr. Martin
| is yet undecided, but will proba
j bly resume business. \\\ T Mag
j ness will resume business just us
soon as he can rebuild.
I t
Tlie burned buildings will all be
rebuilt, and work on them will be
gin as soc-n as possible.
While it is a hard blow, not on
ly to the losers, but to the entire
town, and the loss will be keenly
Iolt, it will not do to become dis
couraged. People of all classes
land conditions of life meet with
reverses, and the only thing to do
is begin the battle anew. Take up
the light with renewed vigor and
go at it with a determination to
regain the Ion-.
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NOTES.
The town branch is a handy
Mi**
Nobility
Recommends
The above portrait is that of
Countess Mogelstud, of Chica
go, 111., whose gratitude for the
benefit received from the use of
L)r. Miles’ Nervine prompted
her to make this statement:
“It affords, me great pleasure to add
my tentir:" ■ to the very excellent
merits of Dr. Miles'.Nervine. Although
1 am past So years of agp I find it
soothes ti:e tired brain, quiets the irri
tated nerves and insures restful sleep.
I never feel contented without a bottle
o» it tu the house.” < Iratefuliv yours.
is a nerve tonic and strength
builder that starts right in re
storing health immediately.
Held by a!! Druectsta.
Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Nervine.
Christian a Maria,
Countess Mogelstud.
Dr.
Miles*
thing in case of iire. but it was al
most dipped dr.\ this time.
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Enough was lost in this one tire
to put in :i small system of water
works.
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Every individual present is here
by complimented for his efforts to
prevent loss.
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If the town had had waterworks
the damage would not have ex
ceeded §2,000.
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| I >r. Ptiscoe is no novice when it
! comes to knowing what to do at
| the right time.
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George Martin, Dr. I*. Wright,
John Browning and Squire W. S.
Moore came down from Sulphur
Kook to view the ruins.
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If the guilty party could have
| been captured about sun-up and
’ his guilt established he would have
! been summarily dealt with.
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George F. Grosser, who has held
the championship for speed in run
ning to previous tires, was a back
number this time, compared to his
sou, Jessie.
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The ruins present a sorry spec
tacle, and if the man who started
the lire has any conscience and
could look upon ruins, he would
doubtless go off and imitate J udas
Iscariot.
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C ontractor J obi in and Hon. F.
M. Martin deserve especial men
tion for their presence of mind.
Mr. Beane's building would have
probably burned also but for their
timely suggestions.
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Zed Griffith, of Griffith & Mor
row. says he ought to be thankful
for one thing. He won't have any
thing to do for awhile but stay at
the house and rock the- new baby
that arrived the morning before
the lire.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
Thursday morning Dr. V. L
Pascoe bought from Henry Dry.
of Banquet, the nicest peaii that
has been sold on this market for I
sometime. The price paid was j
$900.00, ami The Journal heartily
congratulates Mr. Dry on hi* j
good luck.
We were pleased to receive a
call from Henry J. Mayhau yes
terday morning, who is home from i
Little ltock on a visit, lie has
been connected with the State!
Blind School for the past seven
yeure, and was recently re-elected
for aim ther year,
Wc are in receipt of a circular
letter from Theodore U. Price, of
Wall slieet, New York, in which
he says that the increase
in t l.e acreage of cotton
this year is three and one-half per
cent over that of last year. The !
cotton acreage in Arkansas i> said
to he 5()£ per cent le-s than last
year.
A note to the editor from G.
W. Jernigam of Sulphur Roe k.
says : "1 have known Ben Branon
since lie stood on one foot and
ate pecans for disobedience in
school. Ho might have worked
on that cold fiist day of August,
hut it was Sunday in his father's ;
old neighborhood, for 1 went to
church that day and it was cold :
enough to wear coats buttoned up ;
*.o the neck. I borrow The Jour- ■
nal to read, hut surely he that
would borrow of the Newark
people would not be turned away.” ‘
The Sharp County Record,
which has at times heen very eaus
tic m it's opposition to Governor j
Davis, says that when the govern- ;
or does a good deed it openly en- j;
dorses it. hat at tiro same time]]
reserves the right to disagree with <
him oi criticize any of his public 1
acts it sees fit. This j- the only <
proper course for a newspaper to •
persue. However, some of the ]
papers which supported I>avis !
through the recent campaign seem I
to think he is an angel on earth. 2
while a great many of those that \
fought him are yet so hitter in !
their denunciation of him as to J
make themselves ridiculous, ij
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u a IPS B A ILJLi PI A A 4>.<si
The Triumpli of Economy as Well
as of Art.
Tiiis combination is the cause, and the important cause, of
the wonderful popularity of the Kimball Pianos and Organs.
35 000 per 'car arc not sufficient to supply the demand, as
the Kimball Company is several thousand orders behind in
shipments and la planning further large additions to “The
Greatest Factory in existence,"
What else could create the prodigious growth which “The
Kimball” has attained, than that the instruments are the acme
of perfection and in the cost to manufacture and to sell are a
triumph of economy not possible to competition. i lie incon
sistency of prejudice and carping criticism must make way for
well-earned reputatiod and such advancing progress.
We solicit inquriesof all kinds concerning Pianos and Organs
tileir prices, terms of payment or otherwise. We will promptly
and satisfactorily serve every requirement.
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f-jciienberg Music Co.
(317 Main Street, Little Rock, Ark.
factory A\ areroonts Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
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JOURNAL OFFiCE,
NEW ARK, ARE.
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t: thi'b Hess^d a 1;L Js* B R INI |j> 5c & * $ cks ri
3: And we will lay aside the heavy Winter 3
~~ clothing and supply ourselves with lighter ^
jr garments for the warm weather; and when 3s
E >'°u £° to select them, come around and let me 5
s*r show you the nicest line of Spring Clothing {%
ever exhibited in Newark, consisting of the 3
t~ very latest and up«to=date things in the ^
■3 clothing line, 'i ou vviii only have to see them 2
•z to appreciate their value. 32
LADIES MATS
In Ladios Hats, ready to wear.,
we have the largest and prettiest
line in town. The ladies are cor-*
dially invited to call and inspect'
them.
DRV GOODS
^'e have a well selected stock
<>f Dry Goods, consisting,of every-1
thing from a Wedding C >stnine*
down to everyday and kitchen*
apparel, and in all styles and<
figure
table delicacies
1 have them anything in the
edible line to tie had—consisting
of all kinds of staple and Fancy
Groceries. A car of line Hour just
received.
TO THE PEARL HUNTERS
1 have pearling forks without'
handles, cut otT right ready for'
handling. They are shipped di-'
roet from the factory, and I can1
save you money when you want'
to buy. .
FEED
t I carry everything in the way
[of teed, suHi as ('urn. Com chops,
I Wheat barn, Oats, etc:
farm riEl.EriENTS
I carry the Moline lineof plows,
and cult i vai.ors itnd the celebrated
McCormick mowers and rakes
ail sold on easy terms nr for cash.
A hen you want u good, first, class
.itnpleinent. let me show you my
hoe, and gi\o you the good quali
ties they [1 .-.ess. Corn and cotton
■ planters combined. Two-horse
''urn planters ate all the go now.
‘ Cine tor planting is now at
ili:in(l nod I can save you money
un .V"tjr purchases in this line
A PRErilUM
i give ;t premium on all cash
purchases. Ask about it. No
t rouble to answer questions.
< l EENSWARE
1 lie only Class and CJueensware
itoiisc in town, i taut furnish
\on witli a tul! dinner set, or an\
tiling in single pieces that yi
mav desire.
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i pa; tiie highest market price for all kinds
of produce, mercandise or cash. Don’t forget
b; «ng \ vui chickens and eggs around and
get tneir worth, i always have a full and
complete line of everything, so you will always
miQ what y°u wan* here without going all
over town.
DON i FORGET THE PLACE
s. C. BEANE
Opposite Repot. • . . Newark, Arkansas.
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