Tfie Newark Journal
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O. F. Craio. Editor
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FRIDAY, MARCH 2!), 1907
GOOD BYE, JUDGE
Judge Tharp admits the un
gentlemanliness of his tirade
against The Journal this week, and
thus plainly shows where the shoe
(pinches. It is a well known fact
Ciiat it is no indication of culture,
• cfineraent or intelligence in any I
•nan to call another man a liar. In
J’act it is rather the reverse and
•note clearly indicates the ignor
ant, vicious, uncultured and un
civilized species of man, who can
not conceal the characteristics of
Che lower animal in their make up,
end who, if placed among people
«f their own kind and away from
Che elevating influences of civiliza
tion, would sooner or later drift
•jack into conditions bordering
npon canibalism.
When the people know a man
«s guilty of a charge brought
against him, it does no good for
thm to deny it, and he only further
*d,ultiiies mid lowers himself in the
estimation of the public when he
does so. It is characteristic, how- j
ever, of (he lower specimen of
•nan to do this, and a careful re
search of both modern and ancient
criminologybivill show that perhaps
jh. majority of the blackest and
•nost guilty criminals in the annals
c*f crime have protested their in
nocence to the last, even after
their guilt had been fully estab
lished beyond any question of J
doubt, and many them have even ;
gone from the gallows into eter- j
•iity with (his sort of a denial upon ’
Chcir lips. ,
l$ut .fudge I harp s little exniDi- j
lion of his true seif does not scare
The Journal a little bit, and we
^ repeat with emphasis that Squire
Tharp did, for nearly two years,
i^eep hi . office in the same build
ing where a blind tiger was being
run in open violation of the law,
*md where, if he possesses a vestige
of reason, he could not help but
l.now the law was being violated.
.And th>s, too, in spite of the fact
that he had stood up with uncover
ed head in the presence of Almigh
ty God and, with uplifted hand,
sworn that he would faithfully
perform the duties of his office.
When an officer takes an oath that
lie will faithfully perform the
duties of his office, and then,
through sheer neglect or through j
Aiis private inclinations, utterly
tails to do so, he simply perjures
liimself and is unworthy of the
Respect of a decent hound dog.
The judge seems very much sur
prised that The .Journal has the
'‘audacity” to accuse him of hav- i
«: g kep! his office in a blind tiger.
£>are. The judge has become so
accustomed to his own official
hypocracy that it actually surpris
es him to hear a man tell the
truth.
Now as to the article by Mr.
Alexander which The Journal re
fused to publish, The Journal has
only this to say: His conduct at
that time, as Judge Tharp readily
admits, was not such as was cal
culated to add very materially to
the cause of sobriety, therefore
it seemed very inconsistent to us
to allow him to preach through our
columns against a thing which he
so liberally patronized. Having
previous given our reasons for not
publishing this article, we deem it
unnecessary to go over the matter
again. But we believe that any
other reasonable man would
have taken the same view of the
matter that we did, and, in fact,
when our action became known,
several of the best citizens in town
endorsed our view of the matter.
Now if this be an offence, how
many such offences would it re
quire to equal the offence Squire
Tharp is guilty of in keeping his
office in a blind tiger, aiding,
abetting and shielding its opera
tors and thus violating a solemn
oath he had taken\ Is there a
mathematician living today who
can solve this problem!1
tillage jLiiarp seems vei.y ouiili
tous about that ten dollars. But
that is no surprise. A man who,
as a sworn officer of the law, will
so far forget his honor and good
name as to violate a sacred oath,
will do most anything for a few
dollars, and it is this very thing of
putting dollars and cents above
duty and principle that has gotten
Judge Tharp into the unpleasant
predicament he is now in.
Now, in conclusion The Journal
wants to say that while Judge
Tharp has always been our friend
and we a personal friend to Judge
Tharp, still we have nothing to
take back, nothing to recant and
no apologies to offer. All the
charges we have made against him
as are true Gospel and can be fully
sustained at any time. Squire
Tharp knows this to be a fact and
deep down in his heart today he
cannot respect his own self for
allowing himself to make a fool of
himself in the manner he has.
Judge Tharp knows and the public
knows that a newspaper dare not
libel any man or officer, and if
these charges are not true The
Journal is guilty of libel and sub
ject to a tiue that would wipe us
out of business. If they were not
true Judge Tharp would long ago
have sued us for libel, instead of
butting in and talking back like an
ingnoramus.
Now if Judge Tharp has any
explanation to make bearing upon
his oilicial conduct or anything to
say about The Journal, we grant
him the use of our columns next
week, after which the incident is
closed, so far as The Journal is
concerned. Unless something new
developes to bring the matter up
in a different light, we shall not
mention it again, and in conclusion
(if we can control our emotions
for just a moment and suppress
this flow of tears) we want to say:
“Good bye, jedge, take keer o’
yose’f and don’t let another tiger
git ye!”
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To The Cash Buyers Who Are
Looking For Bargains
We have just received a nice, new, dean and up-to
date stock of Dry Goods which were well bought
and we wish to call the attention of the public to our
new stock of Spring Hats, Clothing, Furnishings, etc.
We have a full stock of Shoes of the very best
makes-the kind that give satisfaction. Our new line
of White Goods, Waistings, etc., is of the very best.
A WORD TO THE FARMERS
We are overstocked on Farming Tools of all Kinds, including Cul
tivators, Plows, Scrapers, Harrows, Drills, Stalk Cutters, Mow
ers, Rakes, etc., which we are going to unload at greatly reduced
prices. We will sell you any farm implement on a credit for good
notes. Thanking our many customers for their patronage in the
past and soliciting a continuance of the same,we are your friends,
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The election next Tuesday will
show the world who’s who in New
ark.
This country sends about three
million dollars worth of exports
to England and her colonies an
nually and of this vast amount of
exports more than one half is sup
plied by the farmer.
The southwest is fast becoming
the largest grower of broom corn
in the country. For a long while
Illinois held the palm, but now
Oklahoma is in the lead as the first
in broom corn production.
The legislature has just passed
a bill adding practically all the
territory between Newark and
Black river as far north as Dota
creek, to the Big Bottom fencing
district. Now if the people who
own the land in that section will
take up the matter and succeed in
getting a good big drainage canal
from Newark into Black river
and will then have the land cleared
up and put into cultivation, it will
mean a great deal for Newark and
the entire community. A good start
has been made. Let the good
work go on.
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
Notice is hereby given that
there will be an election held in
the Incorporated Town of New
ark, Arkansas, on Tuesday April
2, 1907, for the purpose of electing
the following officers: One mayor,
one recorder, one treasurer, one
marshall and five aldermen.
Given under my hand as Mayor
this 6th day of March, 1907.
M. L. Arnold, Mayor.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEMS
For Kent.—75 acres of tine bot
tom land; good house, barn, pas
ture, etc.; on White river. Apply
to Zed Griffith, Newark, Ark.
A great many of the people of
this community are availing them
selves of the opportunity of pro
tecting their valuable papers by
renting a safe deposit box of the
Bank of Newark.
K. R. ltatton announces in to
day’s paper as a candidate for
Mayor. Mr. Ratton is one of the
best known citizens of the town,
having formerly served several
years as justice of the peace of
this township and is said to have
made one of the best officials the
township ever had.
jj REMEMBER WE ARE
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