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The Newark Journal
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
OSCAR F. CRAIG, Editor.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1905.
Since the lOth of February I he
Journal lias added over ->0 new
names to its subscription list, and
these subscriptions have all come
in without the slightest solicita
tion upon our part. During this
time we have lost two subscribers.
This leads us to believe that the
people appreciate a paper that has
the courage to speak its honest
opinions. _ _
Representative Raney succeed
ed in getting three bills through
the house last week. His bill re
quiring mutual file insurance com
panies to give a $2<>,000 indem
nity I wind met with some strong
opposition, but was passed. Hie
other two were one making road
overseers elective and one requir
ing the White River railroad to
run a Sunday passenger train be
tween Newport and Cotter. This
is a pretty good record for one
week. _
The final statements of the
amount appropriated by the last,
session of the tifty-eighth Con
gress have been prepared and show
a total appropriation for the en
tire session of $SlS,-4iS,914.Sl, an
increase of approximately £:>7,0(H>
000 over the previous session and
an increase of ^->21,000,000 over
the appropriations made by the
last session during President
Cleveland’s administration. It is
argued as an excuse for this in
creased expenditure that the conn
try lias grown, but it is doubtful
if tin* resources of the nation are
keeping pace with the annual gov
ermental expenditures and promi
nent Democrats believe that there
will be a delicit. this year, as there
was last. There is no question
but that the federal organization
is being conducted with a lavish
hand and that once the tide of
prosperity which the country is
now enjoying begins to ebb the
public will demand a curtailment
of that extravagance which, at
present, passes unheeded.
AS OTHERS SEE I S.
The National Printer-Journalist
of Chicago, one of the leading
printers trade journals of America
conducts a department of newspa
per criticism, to which publishers
so desiring may send copies of
their publication to be reviewed
and passed upon by the editor of
that department, whose keen eye
never fails to detect the deficien
cies and short-comings of the pro
duct turned out by the “little 2x4
editors.”
Our desire to know just how
well The Journal would stand the
inspection of this expert authority
on such matters led us to send a
bundle of specimen copies to the
National Printer Journalist with
the request that they be inspected
and passed upon.
The following from a recent is
sue of the Printer-Journalist
shows the result.
“Away last December Editor ().
F. Craig, of Newark, Ark., sent
us a number of copies of his pub
lication for criticism. The Jour
nal, as Editor Craig's paper is
called, is a five-column quarto and
entirely a product of the home of
fice. It is an exceptionally neat
publication. Every inch of the
front page is given over exclusive
ly to pure reading matter, always
neatly arranged and frequently
relieved with halftone illustrations.
The makeup of the inner pages is
generally as tasty, too. In the
main the presswork is fair, and
the ads, while not artistic, are
plain and serviceable, being in
most cases well whited out and leg
/
“W’hat is the charge against
the prisoner, oflicer?"
‘'Petty larceny, your honor.
Hi' has been stealing the leather
from uruler the tips of the shoes
he sells."
“That is not petty larceny.
;t the prisoner ant
would steal sheep.
Too many business men consider anything honest in busi
ness which is not against the law, and will do a great many rep
rehensible things if they think they will not be found out. I hey
will make shoes and sell shoes in which every skimping trick has
been resorted to«»they actually take the leather from under the
toe caps and put in a piece of rough canvas to keep you irom dis
covering that the leather has been abstracted.
FULL VAMPS MEANS HONESTY IN SHOE MAKING.
Now, that you know the difference, are you still willing
to buy dishonest shoes?
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ible. The news service is deserv
ing of especial praise for its ex
tent and abundance, and the edi
torial work is equally commend
able. While the advertising pat
ronage might be less, at a casual
glance it would appeal that New
ark's business men and merchants
hardly appreciated fully the stren
uous efforts which their editor is
making to give them a first class
local exponent—and the success
with which those efforts are being
crowned. We conclude with the
impression, somehow or other,
| that Editor Craig is putting out a
first-class little journal, and de
serves a hearty slap on the back,
and this department’s congratula
tions.”
KILLED BY HIS SON-IN-LAW
W. P. Perry Objected to Mis
Daughter's Marriage and Was
Slain by Young Husband.
j Clarendon, March 1-1.—W. P.
Perry was shot and killed and his
unwelcome son-in-law, Lawrence
A. Plummer, lies seriously wound
ed as the result of an encounter
on the highway near here this
morning.
On March H Lawrence A. Plum
mer and Miss Pansy Perry were
married at (Marendon. A day or
two later Perry heard that Plum
mer was married to another wom
an, and set up an investigation.
Plummer admitted having been
married, but claimed that lie was
divorced. Perry, however, was
not satisfied and took his daughter
home. Last Monday he took her
to the house, of an uncle living six
ie« n miles in the country east of
here, in order to keep her from
Plummer.
Plummer this morning secured
a horse and buggy and started af
ter his bride. Perry followed on
horseback in about thirty minutes
and overtook Plummer on the
road.
A tight ensued between tin' two
men. Perry cut Plummer a num
ber of times and shot him in the
head, but Plummer finally got out
his pistol and with one well-aimed
shot killed Perry almost instantly.
Sheriff Black went to the scene
this afternoon, but Plummer was
too badly hurt to be brought
t back.
Plummer claims to be from At
lanta. Very little is known of
him here.
! ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
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By virtue of authority in me
vested us mayor of the Incorporat
ed Town of Newark, county of In
dependence. state of Arkansas. I
do hereby give notice and make
proclamation that an election will
be held in said town on Tuesday,
the 4th day of April, 11105, for the
purpose of electing the following
officers for the ensuing year, U
wit:
One Mayor, one Recorder, one
Marshal, one Treasurer, and five
Aldermen.
i Given this the 7th day of March,
11)05. J. II. Holdkrhv, Mayor.
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POLITIC A L A N NOUNCEMENTS
I 'OI! .M A ii>i IA L.
We are autlmrizeri to announce J. T.
Itarksdale as a candidate for City
Marshal, subject the town election to
be held A |>ri 1 4.
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Dr. <i. T. Holmes of Casa made
an unsuccessful attempt at suicide
a few days ago. He is one of Per
ry County’s oldest citizens, and
has been a useful and prominent
figure in polities, having served in
the house and senate from that
county years ago.
An Iron Mountain fast freight
was ditched Sunday near Leves
que, causing the death of Fireman
Ed Walsh and seriously injuring
Engineer Casin of Little Rock.
The wreck was caused by the en
gine running onto a cow which
had become fastened in a cattle
The large warehouse and finish
ing room- of the Ft. Smith Chair
Co. was destroyed by lire at 8
o'clock Thursday morning. The
| stor* rooms contained 25 cars of
I finished chairs valued at 825,000.
The building was valued at S3,000;
total insurance &Ls.0bO. The
plant was the largest chair factory
in the southwest. It will be re
built immediately.
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Warning Order.
Independence Chancery Court, May
term.,
Mary .lane Fry, PlaintiIT
vs.
i L. D. Fry, Defendant
The defendant, L. 1 >. Fry, is warned
to appear in this court within thirty
j days and answer the complaint of the
plaintiIT. Mary .lane Fry.
Dated this 28th day of Feh. 1U05.
Ct.'i.. L. I’eahck, Clerk.
8. A. Moore, attorney for plaintiff.
S. M. Casey, attorney ad litem for
non- resident defendant.
LOCAL MARKET REPORT.
Carefully corrected every Thurs
day afternoon.
Apples, dried, per pound. .. .04
Beans, dried, per bushel.... 2.25
Butter, per pound.15
Eggs, per dozen.10
Corn, per bushel.55
Cotton, lunt, per pound.07§
Cotton seed, per ton. 8.00
Molasses, sorghum, per gal. .45
Potatoes, Irish, per bushel.. .90
Potatoes, sweet, per bushel. L.00 •
Turnips, per bushel.50
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